Panama City vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Panama City	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1479	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3609	$1683
🏠 One person rent	$846	$271
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$83.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$886
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	42	98
😀 Quality of life	67	70
🏙️ Population	881K	12.3M

The cost of living in Panama City is 125% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 3517th and 7163rd ($1479 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 95th 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 Wuhan. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 3734th and 2475th 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	$10.4	$3.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.5	$17.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$1.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$193
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$331
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$41.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$63.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	4.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2551	$3716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1632	$2008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$3.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.09	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.98	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$5.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$1.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$37.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.22	$6.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.5	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$71.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$330
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13616	$8658

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1328
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1310
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1304
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$957
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1172
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1116
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1117
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1089
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$664
329 km or 204 mi	David	$890
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$645
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1225
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$669
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$524
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$760
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$705
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1024
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1324
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1296
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$604
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$839
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1269
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$906
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$897
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$741
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$773
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$801
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$649
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$742
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$653
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1213
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$680
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$837
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$742
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$759
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$605
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$598
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$513
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$932

Cities near Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$619
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$651
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$660
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$638
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$600
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$679
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$635
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$645
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$600
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$615
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$630
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$591
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$589
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$584
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$619
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$613
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$569
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$621
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$596
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$637
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$591
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$588
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$549
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$576
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$591
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$577
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$558
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$556
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$664
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$533
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$600
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$604
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$506
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$555
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$637
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$561
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$602
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$586