Panama City vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Panama City	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1560	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3547	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$943	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$1558	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$982	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	43	53
😀 Quality of life	71	70
🏙️ Population	410K	8.78M

The cost of living in Panama City is 151% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 3737th and 7641st ($1560 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 138th in Panama and China, respectively. Check Panama vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Panama City compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 3765th and 4086th 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	$10.6	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.08	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.93	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1306	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.5	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2662	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.92	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.32	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15637	$9321

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1400
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1377
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1371
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$981
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1150
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1150
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1122
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$721
329 km or 204 mi	David	$925
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$663
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1288
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$715
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$547
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$1105
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$708
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1241
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1398
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1335
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$667
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$881
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1303
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$1030
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$950
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$883
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$843
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$821
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$679
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$831
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$678
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1236
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$929
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$782
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$847
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$655
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$667
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$511
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$953

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941