Panama City vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$2908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$7212
🏠 One person rent	$751	$1829
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$3413
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$707
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$6392
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	42	80
😀 Quality of life	66	92
🏙️ Population	881K	737K

The cost of living in Panama City is 52% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 4139th and 206th ($1384 vs $2908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 168th 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 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Seattle ranked 16th in the United States, while ranked 3919th and 102nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Seattle

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	Panama City	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$19.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$1947
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$1538
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$3856
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$2943
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$67.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$7855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$5704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$3.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$4.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$4.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$5.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$3.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$1.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$6.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$2227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$28179

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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 Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3179
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2901
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2542
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2512
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3091
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2301
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3229
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2784
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2489
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2743
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2821
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2655
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2512
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2491
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2819
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2449
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2515
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2172
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2569
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2348
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2655
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2774
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2417
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2576
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2307
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2534
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2435
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2609
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2577
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2263