Panama City vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Panama City	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1479	$687
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3609	$2052
🏠 One person rent	$846	$297
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$636
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$65.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$958
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	42	90
😀 Quality of life	67	70
🏙️ Population	881K	13.9M

The cost of living in Panama City is 115% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 3517th and 6956th ($1479 vs $687) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 64th 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 1.4 months in Tianjin. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 3734th and 2306th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Tianjin

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	Panama City	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$4.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.5	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.82
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$48.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$74.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$7.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2551	$6085
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1632	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$4.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.09	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.98	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$13.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.22	$6.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.5	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$548
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13616	$18215

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$665
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$716
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$649
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$756
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$679
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$702
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1016
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$592
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$618
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$680
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$635
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$472
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$638
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$642
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$550
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$581
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$638
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$584
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$642
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$815
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$711
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$689
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$564
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$590
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$533
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$524
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$629
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$577
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$600
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$553
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$504
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$616