Panama City vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Panama City	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1479	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3609	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$846	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$680
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	42	78
😀 Quality of life	67	66
🏙️ Population	881K	12.6M

The cost of living in Panama City is 189% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 3517th and 8544th ($1479 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th 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 Zhengzhou. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 3734th and 3982nd 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	$10.4	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.5	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2551	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1632	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.09	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.98	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.22	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.5	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13616	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591