Panama City vs Zurich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Panama City	Zurich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1384	$3392
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3435	$8190
🏠 One person rent	$751	$2018
🏘️ Family rent	$1474	$3505
🍽️ Food expenses	$444	$880
🚐 Transport expenses	$84.4	$226
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$914	$6770
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	42	81
😀 Quality of life	66	98
🏙️ Population	881K	447K

The cost of living in Panama City is 59% less expensive than in Zurich. Cities ranked 4139th and 41st ($1384 vs $3392) 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 0.7 months in Panama City compared to 2 months in Zurich. Panama City ranked 1st best city to live in Panama vs Zurich ranked 1st in Switzerland, while ranked 3919th and 6th 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	$12.3	$27.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.2	$71.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.6	$19.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.94	$9.29
☕ Cappuccino	$4.25	$6.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.9	$5.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$2243
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$577	$1698
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1757	$3982
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1198	$3016
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.7	$155
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$118	$239
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.4	$55.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.12%	2.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2406	$9651
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1535	$5769
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$5.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$102
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13.9	$44.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.02	$2.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$3.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$7.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$21.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.23	$26.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$49.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.69
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.54	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$3.16
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.94	$5.09
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.61
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.51	$3.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.03	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.14	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.89	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.5	$20.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.12	$3.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.06	$3.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.8	$84.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$22.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$154
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.7	$48.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$132
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.2	$134
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$437	$2756
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$20539

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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 Zurich

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Altstetten	$3139
6.4 km or 4 mi	Dubendorf	$3129
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dietikon	$3048
14 km or 8.6 mi	Horgen	$3163
14 km or 8.6 mi	Uster	$3057
16 km or 9.7 mi	Bulach	$3013
19 km or 12 mi	Wettingen	$3135
19 km or 12 mi	Wadenswil	$3145
19 km or 12 mi	Winterthur	$3184
20 km or 13 mi	Wetzikon	$3015
20 km or 13 mi	Baden	$3206
20 km or 13 mi	Baar	$3320
23 km or 15 mi	Zug	$3627
28 km or 17 mi	Rapperswil-Jona	$3011
33 km or 21 mi	Frauenfeld	$2647
36 km or 22 mi	Schaffhausen	$2629
37 km or 23 mi	Waldshut-Tiengen	$1559
37 km or 23 mi	Aarau	$2207
38 km or 24 mi	Emmen	$3020
40 km or 25 mi	Wil	$2492
40 km or 25 mi	Lucerne	$3068
43 km or 27 mi	Kriens	$2989
48 km or 30 mi	Singen	$1636
51 km or 32 mi	Radolfzell	$1710
56 km or 35 mi	Kreuzlingen	$2782
57 km or 36 mi	Konstanz	$1903
60 km or 37 mi	Rheinfelden	$1551
63 km or 39 mi	St. Gallen	$2618
63 km or 39 mi	Uberlingen	$1771
64 km or 40 mi	Donaueschingen	$1468
70 km or 44 mi	Riehen	$3415
71 km or 44 mi	Tuttlingen	$1434
71 km or 44 mi	Lorrach	$1531
74 km or 46 mi	Weil am Rhein	$1538
74 km or 46 mi	Basel	$2741
76 km or 47 mi	Villingen-Schwenningen	$1391
77 km or 48 mi	Saint-Louis	$1399
77 km or 48 mi	Friedrichshafen	$1759
77 km or 48 mi	Schaan	$2483
78 km or 48 mi	Allschwil	$2843