Panama City vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$947
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$1798
🏠 One person rent	$751	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$331
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$75.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$839
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	42	21
😀 Quality of life	66	40
🏙️ Population	881K	6.71M

The cost of living in Panama City is 46% more expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 4139th and 5996th ($1384 vs $947) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 14th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Yancheng ranked 240th in China, while ranked 3919th and 6953rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Panama City vs Yancheng infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/panama-city/yancheng.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Panama City vs Yancheng infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/panama-city/yancheng" target="_blank">Panama City vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Panama City vs Yancheng

Prices for goods and services in Panama City and Yancheng are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Panama City	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$5.43
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$1.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$5.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$1115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$230
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$35.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$53.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$12.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	4.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$2559
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$1978
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$17.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$4.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$0.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$6.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$2.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$4.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$5.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$28.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$4.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$46
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$3.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$56.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$20047

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$699
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$698
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$648
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$705
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$676
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$673
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$674
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$650
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$645
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$629
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$665
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$617
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$674
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$588
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$630
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$685
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$620
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$729
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$656
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$651
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$661
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$774
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$608
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$718
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$686
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$623
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$612
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$738
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$702
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$690
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$610
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$706
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$1020
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$749
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$585
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$748
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$524
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$1028