Panama City vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Panama City	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1560	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3547	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$943	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$1558	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$982	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	43	70
😀 Quality of life	71	71
🏙️ Population	410K	12.7M

The cost of living in Panama City is 102% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 3737th and 6778th ($1560 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 31st 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 1.5 months in Suzhou. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 3765th and 3523rd 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	$10.6	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.08	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.93	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1306	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.5	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2662	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.92	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.32	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15637	$15339

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610