Panama City vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$775
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$2025
🏠 One person rent	$751	$391
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$679
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$679
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	42	24
😀 Quality of life	66	38
🏙️ Population	881K	7.82M

The cost of living in Panama City is 78% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 4139th and 6542nd ($1384 vs $775) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd 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 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Shangqiu ranked 316th in China, while ranked 3919th and 7163rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Shangqiu

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	Panama City	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$4.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$20.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$5.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$3.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$353
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$494
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$645
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$34.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	4.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$3237
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$2037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$2.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$2.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.19
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$3.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$4.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$1.35
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$40
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$5.92
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$27.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$76.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$432
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$18304

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$633
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1433
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$613
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$819
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$623
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$688
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$599
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$619
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$670
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$528
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$639
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$630
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$826
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$673
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$610
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$568
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$559
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$612
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$620
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$623
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$586
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$522
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$588
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$648
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$565
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$541
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$602
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$659
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$593
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$538
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$524
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$587
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$580
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$542