Panama City vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Panama City	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1479	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3609	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$846	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$602
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	42	71
😀 Quality of life	67	61
🏙️ Population	881K	10.6M

The cost of living in Panama City is 207% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 3517th and 8748th ($1479 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 3734th and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Shijiazhuang

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	Panama City	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.5	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2551	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1632	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.09	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.98	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.22	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.5	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13616	$4785

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1328
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1310
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1304
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$957
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1172
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1116
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1117
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1089
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$664
329 km or 204 mi	David	$890
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$645
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1225
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$524
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$760
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$705
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1024
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1324
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1296
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$604
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$839
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1269
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$906
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$897
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$741
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$773
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$801
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$649
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$742
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$653
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1213
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$680
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$837
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$742
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$759
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$605
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$598
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$513
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$932

Cities near Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716