Panama City vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Panama City	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1560	$583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3547	$1522
🏠 One person rent	$943	$237
🏘️ Family rent	$1558	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$72.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$982	$695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	43	28
😀 Quality of life	71	46
🏙️ Population	410K	6.23M

The cost of living in Panama City is 168% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 3737th and 7962nd ($1560 vs $583) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 232nd in Panama and China, respectively. Check Panama vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Panama City compared to 1.2 months in Xinyang. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Xinyang ranked 230th in China, while ranked 3765th and 6973rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Xinyang

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	Panama City	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.6	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$15.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.08	$4.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.93	$0.56
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$235
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$426
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1306	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$48.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$75.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.5	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2662	$3517
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$1888
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$17.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$1.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$2.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.06
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.92	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$4.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$1.46
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$1.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$35.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.32	$5.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$24.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$6.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$75.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$319
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15637	$7825

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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 Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$574
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$582
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$580
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$579
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$552
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$629
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$592
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$526
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$585
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$570
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$553
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$609
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$639
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$581
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$563
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$582
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$561
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$542
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$555
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$595
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$553
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$646
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$599
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$632
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$507
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$575
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$535
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$523
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$671
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$631
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$517
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$638
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$533
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$590
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$522
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$525
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$625
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$546