Panama City vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Panama City	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1479	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3609	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$846	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$1842
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	42	92
😀 Quality of life	67	86
🏙️ Population	881K	2.75M

The cost of living in Panama City is 14% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 3517th and 2624th ($1479 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Panama and Italy, respectively. Check Panama vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 3734th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Rome

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	Panama City	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.5	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2551	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1632	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.09	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.98	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.22	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.5	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13616	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201