Panama City vs Shenyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Panama City	Shenyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1560	$554
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3547	$1693
🏠 One person rent	$943	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$1558	$334
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$63.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$982	$733
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	43	85
😀 Quality of life	71	71
🏙️ Population	410K	9.07M

The cost of living in Panama City is 182% more expensive than in Shenyang. Cities ranked 3737th and 8245th ($1560 vs $554) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 341st in Panama and China, respectively. Check Panama vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Panama City compared to 1.3 months in Shenyang. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Shenyang ranked 25th in China, while ranked 3765th and 3667th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Shenyang

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	Panama City	Shenyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$2.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.08	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.93	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$2.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$130
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$378
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1306	$229
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$39.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$60.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.5	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	5.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2662	$1970
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$3.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$2.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.89
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$1.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.92	$3.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$6.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$6.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$1.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$20.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.32	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$20.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$5.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$49.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$74.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$473
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15637	$24707

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1400
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1377
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1371
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$981
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1150
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1150
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1122
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$721
329 km or 204 mi	David	$925
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$663
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1288
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$715
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$547
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$1105
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$708
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1241
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1398
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1335
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$667
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$881
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1303
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$1030
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$950
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$883
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$843
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$821
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$679
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$831
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$678
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1236
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$929
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$782
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$847
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$655
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$667
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$511
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$953

Cities near Shenyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Fushun	$470
43 km or 27 mi	Dengta	$492
54 km or 34 mi	Xinmin	$518
63 km or 39 mi	Tieling	$521
63 km or 39 mi	Benxi	$434
63 km or 39 mi	Liaoyang	$489
71 km or 44 mi	Diaobingshan	$511
86 km or 53 mi	Anshan	$434
96 km or 60 mi	Kaiyuan	$516
120 km or 75 mi	Haicheng	$500
138 km or 85 mi	Beizhen	$528
149 km or 93 mi	Fuxin	$543
151 km or 94 mi	Dashiqiao	$532
159 km or 99 mi	Fengcheng	$517
161 km or 100 mi	Yingkou	$556
170 km or 106 mi	Siping	$553
180 km or 112 mi	Gaizhou	$537
186 km or 116 mi	Liaoyuan	$532
186 km or 116 mi	Linghai	$547
190 km or 118 mi	Shuangliao	$517
202 km or 126 mi	Meihekou	$519
204 km or 127 mi	Dandong	$550
206 km or 128 mi	Jinzhou	$576
206 km or 128 mi	Sinuiju	$1564
220 km or 137 mi	Gongzhuling	$457
221 km or 137 mi	Beipiao	$549
223 km or 138 mi	Tongliao	$537
223 km or 139 mi	Donggang	$537
238 km or 148 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
242 km or 150 mi	Ji'an	$499
248 km or 154 mi	Baishan	$521
249 km or 154 mi	Chaoyang	$584
250 km or 155 mi	Panshi	$521
251 km or 156 mi	Kusong	$1544
262 km or 163 mi	Xingcheng	$565
270 km or 168 mi	Wafangdian	$589
274 km or 170 mi	Changchun	$557
281 km or 174 mi	Kanggye	$1553
288 km or 179 mi	Chongju	$1553
289 km or 180 mi	Linjiang	$501