Panama City vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$710
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$2138
🏠 One person rent	$751	$300
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$686
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$68.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$1012
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	42	90
😀 Quality of life	66	71
🏙️ Population	881K	13.9M

The cost of living in Panama City is 95% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 4139th and 6862nd ($1384 vs $710) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 81st 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 10th in China, while ranked 3919th and 2285th 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	$12.3	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$5.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$4.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$424
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$204
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$1072
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$495
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$43.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$67.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$8.33
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	4.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$7862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$2825
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$4.38
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$2.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$9.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$14.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$6.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$72.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$3.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$40.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$79.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$16590

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$700
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$734
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$679
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$693
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$786
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$720
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$742
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$611
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1067
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$769
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$675
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$620
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$649
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$714
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$677
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$482
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$668
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$684
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$572
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$605
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$670
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$614
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$677
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$869
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$760
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$748
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$588
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$568
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$616
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$555
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$547
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$670
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$597
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$632
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$581
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$507
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$657
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$526
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$618