Panama City vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$1824
🏠 One person rent	$751	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$437
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	42	56
😀 Quality of life	66	58
🏙️ Population	881K	2.42M

The cost of living in Panama City is 87% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 4139th and 6712th ($1384 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 23rd in Panama and Brazil, respectively. Check Panama vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 0.6 months in Salvador. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Salvador ranked 8th in Brazil, while ranked 3919th and 5558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Salvador

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	Panama City	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$6.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$566
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$365
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$92.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$1184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$45.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$9.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$6.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$6.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$2.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$22.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$6.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$231
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$10964

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$599
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$604
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$602
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$606
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$545
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$471
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$406
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$670
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$529
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$538
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$502
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$602
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$542
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$611
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$427
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$519
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$597
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$583
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$414
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$412
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$582
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$630
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$553
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$589
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$610
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$557
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$551
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$545
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$495
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$573
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$556
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$585
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$573
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$583
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$610