Panama City vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Panama City	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1560	$2297
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3547	$5120
🏠 One person rent	$943	$1271
🏘️ Family rent	$1558	$2134
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$619
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$239
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$982	$3571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	43	95
😀 Quality of life	71	96
🏙️ Population	410K	985K

The cost of living in Panama City is 32% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 3737th and 1273rd ($1560 vs $2297) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Panama and Sweden, respectively. Check Panama vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Panama City compared to 1.6 months in Stockholm. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 3765th and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Panama City vs Stockholm infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/panama-city/stockholm.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Panama City vs Stockholm infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/panama-city/stockholm" target="_blank">Panama City vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Panama City vs Stockholm

Prices for goods and services in Panama City and Stockholm are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Panama City	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$15.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$85.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.08	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.93	$7.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$5.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$1476
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$991
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$2670
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1306	$1674
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$146
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$224
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.5	$37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	4.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2662	$11690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$6502
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$4.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$4.63
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.08
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$2.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$13.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$2.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.92	$8.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.32	$17.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$33.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$104
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$162
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15637	$15313

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1983
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$1140
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1759
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1968
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1742
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1940
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1779
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1661
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1681
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1650
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1592
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1446
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1494
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1325
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1390
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1483
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1325
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1530
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1312
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1485
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1289
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1801
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1516
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1460
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1524
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1551
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1545
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1521
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1586
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1353
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1192
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$968
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1589
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1566
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1397
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1598
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1363
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1482