Panama City vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Panama City	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1560	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3547	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$943	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$1558	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$982	$3556
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	43	83
😀 Quality of life	71	93
🏙️ Population	410K	633K

The cost of living in Panama City is 29% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 3737th and 1455th ($1560 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Panama and Germany, respectively. Check Panama vs Germany 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 Stuttgart. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 3765th and 93rd 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	$10.6	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.08	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.93	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1306	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.5	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2662	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.92	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.32	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15637	$17949

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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 Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763