Panama City vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$751	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$1905
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	42	100
😀 Quality of life	66	79
🏙️ Population	881K	24.9M

The cost of living in Panama City is 22% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 4139th and 4780th ($1384 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Panama and China, respectively. Check Panama vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 1.7 months in Shanghai. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 3919th and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Shanghai

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	Panama City	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$31401

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774