Panama City vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Panama City	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1560	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3547	$1354
🏠 One person rent	$943	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$1558	$329
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$183
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$66.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$982	$608
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	43	70
😀 Quality of life	71	65
🏙️ Population	410K	10.6M

The cost of living in Panama City is 209% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 3737th and 8645th ($1560 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 489th 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 1.2 months in Shijiazhuang. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Shijiazhuang ranked 42nd in China, while ranked 3765th and 5294th 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	$10.6	$1.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.08	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.93	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$361
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1306	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$84.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.5	$6.31
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2662	$2373
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$1658
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$12.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$3.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$0.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.11
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.28
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$3.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.92	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.32	$5.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$4.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$32.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$70.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$389
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15637	$4870

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$527
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$535
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$527
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$523
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$574
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$533
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$548
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$505
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$550
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$572
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$499
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$454
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$456
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$544
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$558
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$543
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$565
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$552
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$553
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$538
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$480
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$495
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$546
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$564
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$634
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$502
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$638
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$484
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$516
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$534
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$654
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$580
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$689
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$619
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$748
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$707