Panama City vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Panama City	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1479	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3609	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$846	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$893
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	42	54
😀 Quality of life	67	66
🏙️ Population	881K	8.78M

The cost of living in Panama City is 129% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 3517th and 7256th ($1479 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 118th in Panama and China, respectively. Check Panama vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 3734th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Quanzhou

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	Panama City	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.5	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2551	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1632	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.09	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.98	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.22	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.5	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13616	$20567

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1328
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1310
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1304
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$957
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1172
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1116
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1117
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1089
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$664
329 km or 204 mi	David	$890
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$645
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1225
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$524
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$760
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$705
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1024
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1324
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1296
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$604
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$839
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1269
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$906
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$897
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$741
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$773
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$801
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$649
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$742
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$653
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1213
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$680
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$837
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$742
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$759
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$605
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$598
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$513
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$932

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936