Panama City vs Zurich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Panama City	Zurich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1479	$3296
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3609	$8076
🏠 One person rent	$846	$1966
🏘️ Family rent	$1592	$3466
🍽️ Food expenses	$440	$863
🚐 Transport expenses	$83	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$967	$7242
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	42	81
😀 Quality of life	67	98
🏙️ Population	881K	449K

The cost of living in Panama City is 55% less expensive than in Zurich. Cities ranked 3517th and 59th ($1479 vs $3296) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Panama and Switzerland, respectively. Check Panama vs Switzerland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 2.2 months in Zurich. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Zurich ranked 1st in Switzerland, while ranked 3734th and 5th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Panama City vs Zurich

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	Panama City	Zurich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$26
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.5	$111
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.06	$17.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.97	$8.89
☕ Cappuccino	$3.99	$6.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.66	$5.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$891	$2155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$681	$1671
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1749	$4080
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1344	$2967
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$226
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.4	$50.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.28%	2.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2551	$24070
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1632	$5867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$4.88
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$94.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.3	$41.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$2.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.8	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.19	$2.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.77	$7.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.4	$22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.09	$22.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.99	$45.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$3.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$2.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$5.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$2.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.31	$3.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.32
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.98	$10
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$21.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$7.94	$5.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.37	$3.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.71	$4.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$72.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.22	$21.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.5	$138
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$54.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.8	$120
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.2	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$2498
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13616	$29610

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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 Zurich

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Altstetten	$3037
6.4 km or 4 mi	Dubendorf	$2988
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dietikon	$2934
14 km or 8.6 mi	Horgen	$2976
14 km or 8.6 mi	Uster	$2974
16 km or 9.7 mi	Bulach	$2873
19 km or 12 mi	Wettingen	$2970
19 km or 12 mi	Wadenswil	$2960
19 km or 12 mi	Winterthur	$3032
20 km or 13 mi	Wetzikon	$2893
20 km or 13 mi	Baden	$3059
20 km or 13 mi	Baar	$3099
23 km or 15 mi	Zug	$3426
28 km or 17 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$2861
33 km or 21 mi	Frauenfeld	$2379
36 km or 22 mi	Schaffhausen	$2419
37 km or 23 mi	Waldshut-Tiengen	$1472
37 km or 23 mi	Aarau	$2252
38 km or 24 mi	Emmen	$2897
40 km or 25 mi	Wil	$2262
40 km or 25 mi	Lucerne	$2931
43 km or 27 mi	Kriens	$2891
48 km or 30 mi	Singen	$1555
51 km or 32 mi	Radolfzell	$1609
56 km or 35 mi	Kreuzlingen	$2614
57 km or 36 mi	Konstanz	$1731
60 km or 37 mi	Rheinfelden	$1447
63 km or 39 mi	St. Gallen	$2464
63 km or 39 mi	Uberlingen	$1641
64 km or 40 mi	Donaueschingen	$1382
70 km or 44 mi	Riehen	$3234
71 km or 44 mi	Tuttlingen	$1453
71 km or 44 mi	Lorrach	$1434
74 km or 46 mi	Weil am Rhein	$1442
74 km or 46 mi	Basel	$2643
76 km or 47 mi	Villingen-Schwenningen	$1267
77 km or 48 mi	Saint-Louis	$1286
77 km or 48 mi	Friedrichshafen	$1656
77 km or 48 mi	Schaan	$2352
78 km or 48 mi	Allschwil	$2717