Panama City vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Panama City	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1316	$1042
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3171	$2664
🏠 One person rent	$709	$480
🏘️ Family rent	$1291	$881
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$78	$151
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$901	$460
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	42	95
😀 Quality of life	67	64
🏙️ Population	881K	12.4M

The cost of living in Panama City is 26% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 4138th and 5031st ($1316 vs $1042) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.4 months in Sao Paulo. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 3926th and 4799th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Sao Paulo

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	Panama City	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$7.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.8	$42.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.97	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$2.19
☕ Cappuccino	$4.35	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.75	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$836	$560
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1703	$1043
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$980	$696
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$60.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$93.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$22.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.97%	10.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2399	$2704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1457	$1879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$50.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$8.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.63	$2.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$4.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$8.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.98	$9.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.44
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$2.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$5.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.43	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.7	$1.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$28.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.85	$7.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.6	$60.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$12.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.9	$89.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$408	$464
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9581	$12031

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1189
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1171
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1182
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$917
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1157
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$940
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$980
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$961
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$624
329 km or 204 mi	David	$789
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$633
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1147
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$573
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$536
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$877
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$649
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1009
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1169
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1040
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$582
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$778
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1163
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$867
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$812
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$851
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$780
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$1024
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$639
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$661
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$727
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1114
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$639
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$705
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$552
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$655
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$567
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$551
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$493
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$1220

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$768
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$695
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$733
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$744
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$680
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$690
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$766
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$600
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$711
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$668
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$661
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$669
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$674
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$669
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$695
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$645
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$682
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$663
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$680
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$651
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$699
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$652
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$652
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$675
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$680
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$662
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$670
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$677
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$687
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$700
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$678
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$761
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$763
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$662
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$657
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$558
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$813
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$649
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$678
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$659