Panama City vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$1020
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$3486
🏠 One person rent	$751	$326
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$806
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$440
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$1044
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	42	70
😀 Quality of life	66	67
🏙️ Population	881K	12.7M

The cost of living in Panama City is 36% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 4139th and 5553rd ($1384 vs $1020) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th 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 months in Suzhou. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Suzhou ranked 27th in China, while ranked 3919th and 3798th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Suzhou

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	Panama City	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$6.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$4.25
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$4.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$2.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$414
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$218
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$55.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$84.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$6384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$3492
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$43.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$2.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$3.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$6.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$2.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$28.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$4.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$16.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$2.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$91.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$78.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$7.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$82.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$2003
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$26560

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1249
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1231
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1249
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$953
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1182
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1098
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1091
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1056
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$634
329 km or 204 mi	David	$833
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$620
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1201
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$638
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$506
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$748
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$661
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$961
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1239
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1246
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$582
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$789
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1233
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$873
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$871
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$840
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$789
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$1277
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$619
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$831
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$653
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1310
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$641
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$979
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$718
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$863
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$562
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$541
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$477
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$898

Cities near Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$749
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$718
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$686
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$706
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$585
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$706
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$685
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$702
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$620
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1136
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$729
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$661
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$674
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1028
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$690
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$738
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$674
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$698
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$843
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$629
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$676
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$742
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$673
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$651
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$650
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$703
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$617
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$698
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$771
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$733
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$774
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$699
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$648
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$612
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$903
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$645