Panama City vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Panama City	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1479	$1957
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3609	$4625
🏠 One person rent	$846	$1124
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$541
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$3476
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	42	83
😀 Quality of life	67	93
🏙️ Population	881K	633K

The cost of living in Panama City is 24% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 3517th and 1961st ($1479 vs $1957) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Panama and Germany, respectively. Check Panama vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 1.8 months in Stuttgart. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Stuttgart ranked 9th in Germany, while ranked 3734th and 63rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Stuttgart

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	Panama City	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.5	$72.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$4.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$3.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$1044
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$862
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$2057
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$1612
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$273
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$46.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2551	$6586
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1632	$4917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$2.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.09	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$4.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$6.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.98	$8.59
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$2.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$46.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.22	$11.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.5	$60.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$89.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$630
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13616	$15338

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1737
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1729
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1710
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1715
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1699
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1717
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1695
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1666
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1697
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1687
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1678
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1677
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1670
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1661
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1637
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1650
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1623
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1542
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1633
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1625
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1610
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1618
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1837
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1648
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1436
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1623
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1529
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1619
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1205
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1696
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1609
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1599
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1668
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1599
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1530
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1596
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1647
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1618
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1581