Panama City vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$1012
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$2565
🏠 One person rent	$751	$481
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$852
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$477
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	42	95
😀 Quality of life	66	63
🏙️ Population	881K	11.5M

The cost of living in Panama City is 37% more expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 4139th and 5616th ($1384 vs $1012) 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 0.5 months in Sao Paulo. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Sao Paulo ranked 2nd in Brazil, while ranked 3919th and 4573rd 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	$12.3	$6.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$7.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$1.95
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$2.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$1.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1002
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$694
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$50.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	10.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$2416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$1687
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$8.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$4.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$7.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.36
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$8.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$2.23
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$24.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$7.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$57.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$84.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$13135

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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 Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$716
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$665
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$674
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$644
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$686
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$657
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$573
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$663
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$640
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$627
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$738
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$640
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$639
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$643
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$640
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$639
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$631
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$633
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$621
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$656
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$606
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$647
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$645
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$679
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$636
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$639
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$661
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$674
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$640
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$698
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$742
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$595
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$630
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$653
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$746
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$650
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$638
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$629