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Can you afford it?

Tell us what lands in your account each month. We will set it against the four costs our city guides can actually source, rent, a desk, weekday lunches and getting around, and show you what is left for everything else.

Panama City, a month

£687 to £1,680 for the basics.

Add your take-home pay above to see what is left.

Not every cost has a checked figure for Panama City, so the real total is higher than this. The missing ones are marked below.

RentFurnished one-bed asking rent, from El Cangrejo to Casco Viejo listings (listing samples, WEAK). USD 800 to 2,100
£601 to £1,580
A deskNo monthly coworking price on an operator's own site: Regus and Spaces quote USD 29 for a day pass; Regus offers a dedicated desk from USD 7 a day on a 24-month contract
Not included
Weekday lunchesFonda menu del dia, the set lunch, PAB 4.50 to 5 each, 22 working days
£74 to £83
Getting aroundMetro at B/. 0.35 (Line 1) to B/. 0.50 (Line 2) a trip, two trips each working day (our arithmetic). No monthly pass found. PAB 15.40 to 22
£12 to £17

Panama's Short Stay Visa as a Remote Worker (Visa de Corta Estancia como Trabajador Remoto) asks for about £2,250 a month in income. Check your own case

The Panama City guideCompare every city

What is counted. Four costs, and only four, because they are the ones every guide can source: rent, a desk, a lunch on each of 22 working days, and getting around. Food shopping, bills, a phone, insurance, tax and evenings out are not in it, which is why the answer is what is left for everything else, not what is left to save.

Where the figures come from. Each city's guide, checked against official statistics, the operators' own price pages and dated listings. Each line says what it is. Where a guide only publishes rent per square metre, the line says what size flat it assumes. Last copied from the guides on 3 October 2026.

The exchange rates. The same daily feed as the visa checker, from ExchangeRate-API, last updated 20 October 2026. Pesos are converted at the official rate.