Panama City vs Rabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Panama City	Rabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1479	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3609	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$846	$302
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$795
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$56.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$653
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	42	40
😀 Quality of life	67	63
🏙️ Population	881K	573K

The cost of living in Panama City is 110% more expensive than in Rabat. Cities ranked 3517th and 6866th ($1479 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Panama and Morocco, respectively. Check Panama vs Morocco comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 0.9 months in Rabat. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Rabat ranked 1st in Morocco, while ranked 3734th and 4758th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Rabat

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	Panama City	Rabat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$4.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.5	$40.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$6.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$355
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$1030
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$646
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$23.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$36.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	4.85%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2551	$1598
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1632	$934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$25.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$7.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$9.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.09	$6.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$9.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.98	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$1.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$26.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.22	$6.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.5	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$4.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$93.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$140
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13616	$5394

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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 Rabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Sale	$536
13 km or 8.1 mi	Temara	$619
34 km or 21 mi	Kenitra	$558
63 km or 39 mi	Mohammedia	$652
87 km or 54 mi	Casablanca	$850
120 km or 74 mi	Meknes	$486
127 km or 79 mi	Khouribga	$435
169 km or 105 mi	Fez	$533
177 km or 110 mi	El Jadida	$502
193 km or 120 mi	Beni Mellal	$448
217 km or 135 mi	Tangier	$679
218 km or 135 mi	Tetouan	$517
248 km or 154 mi	Tarifa	$1196
250 km or 155 mi	Ceuta	$1141
265 km or 165 mi	Algeciras	$889
269 km or 167 mi	Los Barrios	$1041
271 km or 169 mi	Gibraltar City	$2278
273 km or 170 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1018
273 km or 170 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1145
283 km or 176 mi	Cadiz	$1359
287 km or 178 mi	Marrakesh	$687
292 km or 181 mi	Rota	$1358
295 km or 184 mi	Safi	$489
304 km or 189 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$892
309 km or 192 mi	Estepona	$1395
317 km or 197 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1144
328 km or 204 mi	Marbella	$2040
337 km or 210 mi	Ronda	$893
344 km or 214 mi	Fuengirola	$1347
346 km or 215 mi	Olhao	$1291
347 km or 216 mi	Faro	$1263
349 km or 217 mi	Mijas	$1353
353 km or 219 mi	Benalmadena	$1415
353 km or 219 mi	Tavira	$1373
359 km or 223 mi	Huelva	$1081
361 km or 224 mi	Almonte	$1165
361 km or 225 mi	Moguer	$1124
363 km or 226 mi	Loule	$1415
364 km or 226 mi	Albufeira	$1950
371 km or 231 mi	Malaga	$1430