Panama City vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Panama City	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1583	$2213
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3567	$5380
🏠 One person rent	$976	$1126
🏘️ Family rent	$1633	$1917
🍽️ Food expenses	$432	$678
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$936	$3705
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	42	98
😀 Quality of life	69	94
🏙️ Population	410K	2.03M

The cost of living in Panama City is 28% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 3744th and 1464th ($1583 vs $2213) 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 4400th and 43rd 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	$20.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.3	$93.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.39	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$6.44
☕ Cappuccino	$3.94	$5.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$3.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1062	$1142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$805
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1911	$2056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1347	$1425
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.5	$216
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$329
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$37.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.26%	3.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3048	$12058
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1725	$6236
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$3.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.2	$58.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.4	$22.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.93	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.84	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.26	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$20.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.57	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$25
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$4.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.6	$8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.04	$7.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$19.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.03	$4.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.96	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.04	$3.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.8	$45
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.3	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50.2	$166
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.6	$94.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$503	$370
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13402	$28817

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1425
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1403
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1395
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$977
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1179
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1153
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1154
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1122
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$764
329 km or 204 mi	David	$922
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$703
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1332
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$764
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$572
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$1155
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$757
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1290
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1454
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1378
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$707
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$915
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1323
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$1071
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$992
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$950
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$909
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$825
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$738
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$874
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$717
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1273
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$789
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$971
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$825
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$887
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$709
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$719
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$537
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1040
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$957

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1885
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1898
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1829
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1922
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1561
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1451
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1821
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1114
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1804
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1180
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1263
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$984
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1284
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1335
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$875
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$930
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1639
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1527
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$1036
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1153
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1566
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1633
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1278
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1391
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1166
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1196
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1312
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1133
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1291
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1708
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1683
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1404
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1247
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1869
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$893
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1818
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1787
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$989