Panama City vs Sacramento - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Panama City	Sacramento
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1583	$2846
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3567	$6548
🏠 One person rent	$976	$1798
🏘️ Family rent	$1633	$3108
🍽️ Food expenses	$432	$723
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$146
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$936	$4529
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	42	54
😀 Quality of life	69	87
🏙️ Population	410K	525K

The cost of living in Panama City is 44% less expensive than in Sacramento. Cities ranked 3744th and 346th ($1583 vs $2846) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 285th in Panama and the United States, respectively. Check Panama vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Panama City compared to 1.6 months in Sacramento. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Sacramento ranked 116th in the United States, while ranked 4400th and 376th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Sacramento

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	Panama City	Sacramento
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$20.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.3	$80.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$10.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$8
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$5.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$2.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1062	$1821
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$1445
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1911	$3355
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1347	$2567
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.5	$201
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$306
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$77.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	6.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3048	$4818
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1725	$3673
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.2	$99.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$19.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$4.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$4.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.26	$4.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$17.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$19.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$5.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$4.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$6.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$3.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$3.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.04	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.96	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.04	$3.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$48.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.3	$16.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$132
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$24.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$95.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$1458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13402	$23546

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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 Sacramento

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.6 km or 2.9 mi	West Sacramento	$2693
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Parkway-South Sacramento	$2733
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Arden-Arcade	$2691
16 km or 9.9 mi	Rancho Cordova	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Elk Grove	$2807
21 km or 13 mi	Citrus Heights	$2786
22 km or 14 mi	Davis	$2962
26 km or 16 mi	Roseville	$2933
27 km or 17 mi	Woodland	$2781
30 km or 19 mi	Folsom	$2736
33 km or 20 mi	Rocklin	$2649
33 km or 20 mi	Dixon	$2906
38 km or 24 mi	Lincoln	$2687
38 km or 24 mi	Galt	$2813
49 km or 30 mi	Vacaville	$3187
53 km or 33 mi	Lodi	$2687
59 km or 37 mi	Suisun	$3097
61 km or 38 mi	Fairfield	$3339
62 km or 39 mi	Placerville	$2776
63 km or 39 mi	Yuba	$2162
67 km or 42 mi	Oakley	$2962
69 km or 43 mi	Stockton	$2280
69 km or 43 mi	Antioch	$3136
70 km or 44 mi	Pittsburg	$2939
74 km or 46 mi	Brentwood	$3004
77 km or 48 mi	Napa	$3454
82 km or 51 mi	Benicia	$2807
82 km or 51 mi	Concord	$2783
84 km or 52 mi	Martinez	$2929
85 km or 53 mi	Vallejo	$2380
85 km or 53 mi	Pleasant Hill	$2780
86 km or 53 mi	Lathrop	$2658
89 km or 55 mi	Manteca	$2651
90 km or 56 mi	Walnut Creek	$2984
91 km or 56 mi	Sonoma	$3064
93 km or 58 mi	Tracy	$2089
94 km or 58 mi	Hercules	$2893
94 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2929
95 km or 59 mi	Danville	$3778
98 km or 61 mi	San Ramon	$2859