Panama City vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Panama City	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1316	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3171	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$709	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$1291	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$78	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$901	$813
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	42	53
😀 Quality of life	67	53
🏙️ Population	881K	8.78M

The cost of living in Panama City is 91% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4138th and 6882nd ($1316 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 102nd 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Quanzhou ranked 50th in China, while ranked 3926th and 6124th 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	$11.5	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.8	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.97	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$4.35	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.75	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$836	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1703	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$980	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.97%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2399	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1457	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.63	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.98	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.43	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.7	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.85	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.6	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.9	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$408	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9581	$19406

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1189
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1171
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1182
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$917
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1157
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$940
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$980
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$961
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$624
329 km or 204 mi	David	$789
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$633
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1147
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$573
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$536
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$877
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$649
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1009
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1169
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1040
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$582
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$778
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1163
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$867
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$812
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$851
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$780
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$1024
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$639
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$661
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$727
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1114
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$639
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$705
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$552
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$655
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$567
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$551
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$493
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$1220

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083