Panama City vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Panama City	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1316	$506
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3171	$1394
🏠 One person rent	$709	$178
🏘️ Family rent	$1291	$418
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$184
🚐 Transport expenses	$78	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$901	$627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	42	78
😀 Quality of life	67	67
🏙️ Population	881K	12.6M

The cost of living in Panama City is 160% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4138th and 8471st ($1316 vs $506) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 532nd 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 1.2 months in Zhengzhou. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Zhengzhou ranked 29th in China, while ranked 3926th and 3944th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Zhengzhou

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	Panama City	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.5	$2.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.8	$16.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.97	$4.14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.6	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$4.35	$2.43
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.75	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$836	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$520	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1703	$452
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$980	$332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.2	$34.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$53.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$8.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.97%	4.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2399	$5913
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1457	$1472
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12	$3.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.11	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.63	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.45	$2.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.87	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$0.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.59	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.98	$14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.43	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.05	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.43	$0.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.7	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$93
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.85	$5.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.6	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.5	$4.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$45.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$86.9	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$408	$195
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9581	$4818

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1189
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1171
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1182
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$917
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1157
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$940
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$980
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$961
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$624
329 km or 204 mi	David	$789
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$633
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1147
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$573
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$536
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$877
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$649
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1009
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1169
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1040
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$582
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$778
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1163
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$867
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$812
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$851
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$780
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$1024
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$639
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$661
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$727
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1114
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$639
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$705
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$552
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$655
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$567
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$551
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$493
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$592
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$1220

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$542
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$554
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$563
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$539
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$541
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$583
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$543
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$570
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$544
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$579
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$525
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$585
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$599
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$524
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$554
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$538
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$746
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$600
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$498
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$640
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$608
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$622
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$617
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$601
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$589
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$801
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$739
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1400
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$743
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$651
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$613
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$642
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$601
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$580
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$617