Panama City vs Rabat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Panama City	Rabat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1583	$773
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3567	$1870
🏠 One person rent	$976	$339
🏘️ Family rent	$1633	$566
🍽️ Food expenses	$432	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$936	$354
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	42	40
😀 Quality of life	69	62
🏙️ Population	410K	573K

The cost of living in Panama City is 105% more expensive than in Rabat. Cities ranked 3744th and 6865th ($1583 vs $773) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Panama and Morocco, respectively. Check Panama vs Morocco comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Panama City compared to 0.5 months in Rabat. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Rabat ranked 4th in Morocco, while ranked 4400th and 5750th 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	$10.6	$4.35
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.3	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$6.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$5.42
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1062	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$240
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1911	$780
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1347	$423
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.5	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$33.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$37.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3048	$1958
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1725	$1097
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.2	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$8.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.26	$1.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$6.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$1.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$8.52
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.04	$4.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$5.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$4.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.96	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.04	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$29.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.3	$6.59
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$26.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$47.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$91.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$182
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13402	$7353

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1425
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1403
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1395
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$977
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1179
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1153
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1154
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1122
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$764
329 km or 204 mi	David	$922
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$703
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1332
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$764
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$572
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$1155
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$757
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1290
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1454
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1378
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$707
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$915
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1323
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$1071
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$992
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$950
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$909
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$825
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$738
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$874
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$717
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1273
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$789
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$971
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$825
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$887
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$709
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$719
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$537
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1040
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$957

Cities near Rabat

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.3 km or 2 mi	Sale	$598
13 km or 8.1 mi	Temara	$671
34 km or 21 mi	Kenitra	$612
63 km or 39 mi	Mohammedia	$732
87 km or 54 mi	Casablanca	$953
120 km or 74 mi	Meknes	$589
127 km or 79 mi	Khouribga	$513
169 km or 105 mi	Fez	$610
177 km or 110 mi	El Jadida	$558
193 km or 120 mi	Beni Mellal	$482
217 km or 135 mi	Tangier	$881
218 km or 135 mi	Tetouan	$577
248 km or 154 mi	Tarifa	$1394
250 km or 155 mi	Ceuta	$1340
265 km or 165 mi	Algeciras	$1041
269 km or 167 mi	Los Barrios	$1212
271 km or 169 mi	Gibraltar City	$2594
273 km or 170 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1187
273 km or 170 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1316
283 km or 176 mi	Cadiz	$1560
287 km or 178 mi	Marrakesh	$769
292 km or 181 mi	Rota	$1497
295 km or 184 mi	Safi	$539
304 km or 189 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$1008
309 km or 192 mi	Estepona	$1625
317 km or 197 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1295
328 km or 204 mi	Marbella	$1935
337 km or 210 mi	Ronda	$1003
344 km or 214 mi	Fuengirola	$1537
346 km or 215 mi	Olhao	$1490
347 km or 216 mi	Faro	$1471
349 km or 217 mi	Mijas	$1551
353 km or 219 mi	Benalmadena	$1614
353 km or 219 mi	Tavira	$1563
359 km or 223 mi	Huelva	$1275
361 km or 224 mi	Almonte	$1337
361 km or 225 mi	Moguer	$1307
363 km or 226 mi	Loule	$1581
364 km or 226 mi	Albufeira	$1979
371 km or 231 mi	Malaga	$1727