Asuncion vs Birmingham - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asuncion	Birmingham
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$2137
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1688	$5026
🏠 One person rent	$344	$1237
🏘️ Family rent	$564	$1974
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$535
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.9	$198
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$466	$3365
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	36	95
😀 Quality of life	57	95
🏙️ Population	462K	1.14M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 66% less expensive than in Birmingham. Cities ranked 7000th and 1622nd ($718 vs $2137) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 65th in Paraguay and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Paraguay vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Asuncion compared to 1.6 months in Birmingham. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Birmingham ranked 2nd in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6174th and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Birmingham

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	Asuncion	Birmingham
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.8	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.62	$9.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$6.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.71	$4.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$2.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1226
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$279	$939
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$2079
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$457	$1511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$200
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$310
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$39.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.91%	5.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1409	$5209
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1109	$3967
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$3.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$88.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.26	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.91	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$4.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$8.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$14.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$2.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.15
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.05
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$3.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$3.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.65	$19.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.51	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$5.77
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$4.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$35.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.05	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$110
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$92.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.6	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$1583
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4108	$18334

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Cities near Asuncion

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	San Lorenzo	$686
15 km or 9.4 mi	Luque	$702
112 km or 70 mi	Formosa	$410
120 km or 74 mi	Coronel Oviedo	$603
163 km or 101 mi	Caaguazu	$427
212 km or 132 mi	Concepcion	$617
270 km or 168 mi	Corrientes	$610
275 km or 171 mi	Resistencia	$401
287 km or 178 mi	Encarnacion	$582
288 km or 179 mi	Posadas	$370
304 km or 189 mi	Ciudad del Este	$614
307 km or 191 mi	Foz do Iguacu	$655
326 km or 203 mi	Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena	$470
348 km or 216 mi	Obera	$444
361 km or 224 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$596
363 km or 226 mi	Ponta Pora	$604
407 km or 253 mi	Sao Borja	$571
422 km or 262 mi	Cascavel	$595
424 km or 264 mi	Santa Rosa	$582
447 km or 278 mi	Dourados	$619
455 km or 283 mi	Goya	$591
471 km or 293 mi	Reconquista	$603
472 km or 293 mi	Santo Angelo	$573
498 km or 310 mi	Uruguaiana	$531
504 km or 313 mi	Ijui	$563
508 km or 315 mi	Pato Branco	$626
539 km or 335 mi	Chapeco	$659
549 km or 341 mi	Campo Mourao	$481
584 km or 363 mi	Carazinho	$587
586 km or 364 mi	Artigas	$959
593 km or 369 mi	Erechim	$608
599 km or 372 mi	Concordia	$621
613 km or 381 mi	Maringa	$652
614 km or 382 mi	Passo Fundo	$576
616 km or 383 mi	Santa Maria	$526
619 km or 385 mi	Campo Grande	$634
621 km or 386 mi	Guarapuava	$547
648 km or 403 mi	Sao Gabriel	$476
654 km or 407 mi	Apucarana	$589
655 km or 407 mi	Santana do Livramento	$537

Cities near Birmingham

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Smethwick	$1933
6.8 km or 4.2 mi	West Bromwich	$1892
11 km or 6.6 mi	Halesowen	$1866
12 km or 7.2 mi	Solihull	$1940
12 km or 7.6 mi	Walsall	$1787
14 km or 8.7 mi	Dudley	$1745
14 km or 8.7 mi	Aldridge	$1830
15 km or 9.6 mi	Willenhall	$1812
17 km or 10 mi	Stourbridge	$1818
19 km or 12 mi	Wolverhampton	$1775
19 km or 12 mi	Bromsgrove	$1847
20 km or 12 mi	Redditch	$1716
22 km or 14 mi	Tamworth	$1840
25 km or 15 mi	Cannock	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Kidderminster	$1853
27 km or 17 mi	Coventry	$2051
30 km or 19 mi	Nuneaton	$1608
31 km or 19 mi	Warwick	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Leamington Spa	$2134
35 km or 22 mi	Stratford-upon-Avon	$1890
37 km or 23 mi	Hinckley	$1790
39 km or 24 mi	Worcester	$1696
39 km or 24 mi	Stafford	$1851
40 km or 25 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1768
43 km or 27 mi	Telford	$1612
45 km or 28 mi	Rugby	$1709
55 km or 34 mi	Leicester	$1899
57 km or 35 mi	Derby	$1658
57 km or 35 mi	Loughborough	$1849
60 km or 37 mi	Banbury	$1795
61 km or 38 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1633
63 km or 39 mi	Shrewsbury	$1728
63 km or 39 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1484
66 km or 41 mi	Cheltenham	$1827
66 km or 41 mi	Market Harborough	$1902
70 km or 44 mi	Leek	$1783
72 km or 45 mi	Gloucester	$1900
73 km or 45 mi	Hereford	$1885
73 km or 46 mi	Nottingham	$1831
73 km or 46 mi	Northampton	$1901