Panama City vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Panama City	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1560	$646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3547	$1842
🏠 One person rent	$943	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$1558	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$982	$940
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	43	89
😀 Quality of life	71	74
🏙️ Population	410K	13.9M

The cost of living in Panama City is 142% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 3737th and 7452nd ($1560 vs $646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 98th 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 Tianjin. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Tianjin ranked 9th in China, while ranked 3765th and 2435th 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	$10.6	$3.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.08	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.93	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1306	$390
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$46.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.5	$7.05
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2662	$5873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$2154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$11.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$8.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.92	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$5.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$14.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.32	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$57
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$77.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15637	$18657

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$641
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$707
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$619
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$750
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$688
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$565
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1029
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$558
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$564
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$660
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$614
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$456
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$580
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$616
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$533
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$505
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$574
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$454
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$741
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$654
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$523
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$527
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$499
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$535
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$527
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$615
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$544
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$550
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$562
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$548
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$573