Panama City vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$751	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$714
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	42	78
😀 Quality of life	66	66
🏙️ Population	881K	12.6M

The cost of living in Panama City is 165% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4139th and 8506th ($1384 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 518th 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 1.4 months in Zhengzhou. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 3919th and 3930th 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	$12.3	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$19861

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619