Panama City vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$692
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$1777
🏠 One person rent	$751	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$502
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$91
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$930
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	42	98
😀 Quality of life	66	70
🏙️ Population	881K	12.3M

The cost of living in Panama City is 100% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 4139th and 6979th ($1384 vs $692) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 100th 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 1.3 months in Wuhan. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 3919th and 2526th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Wuhan

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	Panama City	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$5.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$3.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$354
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$352
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$40.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$62.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	4.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$3874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$2284
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$30
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$3.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$3.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$6.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$74.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$335
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$9062

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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 Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$646
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$681
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$705
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$674
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$626
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$714
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$663
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$676
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$610
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$647
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$659
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$614
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$612
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$606
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$647
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$646
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$650
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$683
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$599
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$623
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$670
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$605
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$612
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$566
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$636
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$614
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$599
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$575
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$573
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$706
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$552
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$658
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$622
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$521
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$642
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$659
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$580
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$619
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$611