Panama City vs Zurich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Panama City	Zurich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1560	$3691
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3547	$8778
🏠 One person rent	$943	$2299
🏘️ Family rent	$1558	$4069
🍽️ Food expenses	$429	$919
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.4	$198
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$982	$8151
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	43	81
😀 Quality of life	71	100
🏙️ Population	410K	449K

The cost of living in Panama City is 58% less expensive than in Zurich. Cities ranked 3737th and 23rd ($1560 vs $3691) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Panama and Switzerland, respectively. Check Panama vs Switzerland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 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 3765th and 2nd 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	$10.6	$27.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$90.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.08	$20.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.93	$9.69
☕ Cappuccino	$4.03	$7.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.69	$5.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1015	$2543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$759	$1977
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$4563
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1306	$3579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$86.4	$157
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$133	$240
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.5	$52.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	2.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2662	$24740
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1618	$9963
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.2	$109
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$33.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.97	$2.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.79	$2.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.25	$3.29
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$3.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$8.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$24.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.81	$23.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$53.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$3.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.44	$3.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.2	$18.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.38	$2.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.92	$11.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$20.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$8.06	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.98	$4.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.05	$3.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.6	$83.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.32	$23.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.4	$138
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.3	$55.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$54	$138
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.3	$150
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$477	$2616
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15637	$22875

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Cities near Panama City

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Balboa	$1400
16 km or 9.9 mi	Tocumen	$1377
26 km or 16 mi	Pacora	$1371
34 km or 21 mi	La Chorrera	$981
59 km or 37 mi	Colon	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Penonome	$1150
154 km or 96 mi	Chitre	$1150
190 km or 118 mi	Santiago de Veraguas	$1122
321 km or 199 mi	Turbo	$721
329 km or 204 mi	David	$925
398 km or 247 mi	Monteria	$663
403 km or 250 mi	Limon	$1288
406 km or 252 mi	Santa Cruz de Lorica	$715
452 km or 281 mi	Sincelejo	$547
463 km or 288 mi	Cartagena	$1105
483 km or 300 mi	Quibdo	$708
494 km or 307 mi	Cartago	$1241
513 km or 319 mi	San Jose	$1398
518 km or 322 mi	Heredia	$1335
521 km or 324 mi	Magangue	$667
526 km or 327 mi	Bello	$881
529 km or 329 mi	Alajuela	$1303
530 km or 329 mi	Medellin	$1030
534 km or 332 mi	Envigado	$950
558 km or 347 mi	Soledad	$883
559 km or 348 mi	Barranquilla	$843
595 km or 370 mi	Puntarenas	$821
617 km or 383 mi	Cartago	$679
617 km or 383 mi	Cienaga	$831
623 km or 387 mi	Manizales	$678
627 km or 390 mi	Santa Teresa	$1236
627 km or 390 mi	Pereira	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Santa Marta	$929
632 km or 393 mi	Buenaventura	$782
636 km or 395 mi	Minca	$847
651 km or 404 mi	Salento	$655
652 km or 405 mi	Armenia	$667
657 km or 408 mi	Tulua	$511
658 km or 409 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1082
675 km or 419 mi	Liberia	$953

Cities near Zurich

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Altstetten	$3392
6.4 km or 4 mi	Dubendorf	$3276
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dietikon	$3239
14 km or 8.6 mi	Horgen	$3282
14 km or 8.6 mi	Uster	$3249
16 km or 9.7 mi	Bulach	$3153
19 km or 12 mi	Wettingen	$3207
19 km or 12 mi	Wadenswil	$3225
19 km or 12 mi	Winterthur	$3207
20 km or 13 mi	Wetzikon	$3180
20 km or 13 mi	Baden	$3240
20 km or 13 mi	Baar	$3381
23 km or 15 mi	Zug	$3836
28 km or 17 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$3169
33 km or 21 mi	Frauenfeld	$2747
36 km or 22 mi	Schaffhausen	$2699
37 km or 23 mi	Waldshut-Tiengen	$1684
37 km or 23 mi	Aarau	$2489
38 km or 24 mi	Emmen	$3197
40 km or 25 mi	Wil	$2650
40 km or 25 mi	Lucerne	$3231
43 km or 27 mi	Kriens	$3175
48 km or 30 mi	Singen	$1705
51 km or 32 mi	Radolfzell	$1766
56 km or 35 mi	Kreuzlingen	$2924
57 km or 36 mi	Konstanz	$1887
60 km or 37 mi	Rheinfelden	$1690
63 km or 39 mi	St. Gallen	$2694
63 km or 39 mi	Uberlingen	$1810
64 km or 40 mi	Donaueschingen	$1537
70 km or 44 mi	Riehen	$3565
71 km or 44 mi	Tuttlingen	$1593
71 km or 44 mi	Lorrach	$1694
74 km or 46 mi	Weil am Rhein	$1698
74 km or 46 mi	Basel	$2964
76 km or 47 mi	Villingen-Schwenningen	$1397
77 km or 48 mi	Saint-Louis	$1447
77 km or 48 mi	Friedrichshafen	$1839
77 km or 48 mi	Schaan	$2443
78 km or 48 mi	Allschwil	$3041