Panama City vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Panama City	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1560	$2132
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3547	$5197
🏠 One person rent	$943	$1089
🏘️ Family rent	$1558	$1885
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$658
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$982	$3535
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	43	98
😀 Quality of life	71	95
🏙️ Population	410K	1.97M

The cost of living in Panama City is 27% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 3737th and 1640th ($1560 vs $2132) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Panama and Austria, respectively. Check Panama vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Panama City compared to 1.7 months in Vienna. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 3765th and 39th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Vienna

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	Panama City	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$92.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.08	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.93	$5.98
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$3.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$1128
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$2026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1306	$1430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$296
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.5	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2662	$10556
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$6355
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$51
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$2.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$4.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$20
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$15.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$4.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$2.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$6.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.92	$7.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$19.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$3.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$49.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.32	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$163
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$21.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$95.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$364
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15637	$25585

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1859
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1976
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1917
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$2019
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1497
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1774
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1052
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1148
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1233
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1229
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1311
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$823
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$861
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1570
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1468
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$985
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1097
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1574
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1606
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1176
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1378
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1148
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1229
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1103
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1257
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1685
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1651
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1282
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1182
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1760
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$845
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1707
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1660
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1056
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$946