Panama City vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$751	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$831
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	42	53
😀 Quality of life	66	50
🏙️ Population	881K	8.78M

The cost of living in Panama City is 108% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 4139th and 7155th ($1384 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 142nd 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 57th in China, while ranked 3919th and 6224th 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	$12.3	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$22902

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1249
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1231
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1249
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$953
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1182
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1098
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1091
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1056
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$634
329 km or 204 mi	David	$833
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$620
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1201
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$638
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$506
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$748
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$661
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$961
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1239
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1246
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$582
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$789
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1233
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$873
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$871
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$840
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$789
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$1277
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$619
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$831
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$653
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1310
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$641
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$979
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$718
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$863
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$562
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$541
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$477
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$898

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014