Panama City vs Rabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Rabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$747
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$1976
🏠 One person rent	$751	$332
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$747
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$53.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$593
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	42	40
😀 Quality of life	66	57
🏙️ Population	881K	573K

The cost of living in Panama City is 85% more expensive than in Rabat. Cities ranked 4139th and 6678th ($1384 vs $747) 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 0.8 months in Rabat. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Rabat ranked 2nd in Morocco, while ranked 3919th and 5581st 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	$12.3	$4.93
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$41
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$6.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$4.31
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$2.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$440
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$229
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$985
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$593
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$27.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$33.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	4.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$2018
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$1068
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$3.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$30.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$6.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$96.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$5427

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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 Rabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Sale	$531
13 km or 8.1 mi	Temara	$639
34 km or 21 mi	Kenitra	$550
63 km or 39 mi	Mohammedia	$667
87 km or 54 mi	Casablanca	$898
120 km or 74 mi	Meknes	$498
127 km or 79 mi	Khouribga	$415
169 km or 105 mi	Fez	$547
177 km or 110 mi	El Jadida	$512
193 km or 120 mi	Beni Mellal	$457
217 km or 135 mi	Tangier	$710
218 km or 135 mi	Tetouan	$535
248 km or 154 mi	Tarifa	$1256
250 km or 155 mi	Ceuta	$1221
265 km or 165 mi	Algeciras	$938
269 km or 167 mi	Los Barrios	$1097
271 km or 169 mi	Gibraltar City	$2431
273 km or 170 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1341
273 km or 170 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1214
283 km or 176 mi	Cadiz	$1454
287 km or 178 mi	Marrakesh	$651
292 km or 181 mi	Rota	$1446
295 km or 184 mi	Safi	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$936
309 km or 192 mi	Estepona	$1430
317 km or 197 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1229
328 km or 204 mi	Marbella	$2180
337 km or 210 mi	Ronda	$1388
344 km or 214 mi	Fuengirola	$1407
346 km or 215 mi	Olhao	$1252
347 km or 216 mi	Faro	$1163
349 km or 217 mi	Mijas	$1432
353 km or 219 mi	Benalmadena	$1482
353 km or 219 mi	Tavira	$1455
359 km or 223 mi	Huelva	$908
361 km or 224 mi	Almonte	$1196
361 km or 225 mi	Moguer	$1016
363 km or 226 mi	Loule	$1436
364 km or 226 mi	Albufeira	$2047
371 km or 231 mi	Malaga	$1519