Panama City vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Panama City	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1479	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3609	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$846	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$865
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	42	28
😀 Quality of life	67	41
🏙️ Population	881K	6.23M

The cost of living in Panama City is 126% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 3517th and 7175th ($1479 vs $655) 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 Xinyang. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 3734th and 6860th 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	$10.4	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.5	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$2.88
🥤 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	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2551	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1632	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.09	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.98	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.22	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.5	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13616	$8587

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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 Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558