Asuncion vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Asuncion	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$2356
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$4943
🏠 One person rent	$361	$1431
🏘️ Family rent	$634	$2020
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$537
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$249
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$3604
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	66
😀 Quality of life	53	95
🏙️ Population	524K	2.36M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 69% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 6685th and 930th ($722 vs $2356) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Paraguay and Australia, respectively. Check Paraguay vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Asuncion compared to 1.5 months in Brisbane. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Brisbane ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 6074th and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Brisbane

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	Asuncion	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.35	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$67.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$7.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$2.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$1526
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$1208
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$731	$2416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$510	$1655
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.7	$110
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$163
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$49.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.54%	6.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1152	$9010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$940	$6567
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$2.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.1	$113
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.4	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$3.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$3.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.06	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$5.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.8	$26.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.95	$8.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$3.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.4	$48.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.96	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$48.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.4	$128
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$1568
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3513	$8728

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Cities near Asuncion

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	San Lorenzo	$660
15 km or 9.4 mi	Luque	$650
112 km or 70 mi	Formosa	$354
120 km or 74 mi	Coronel Oviedo	$564
163 km or 101 mi	Caaguazu	$444
212 km or 132 mi	Concepcion	$577
270 km or 168 mi	Corrientes	$523
275 km or 171 mi	Resistencia	$403
287 km or 178 mi	Encarnacion	$554
288 km or 179 mi	Posadas	$340
304 km or 189 mi	Ciudad del Este	$580
307 km or 191 mi	Foz do Iguacu	$725
326 km or 203 mi	Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena	$429
348 km or 216 mi	Obera	$368
361 km or 224 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$562
363 km or 226 mi	Ponta Pora	$644
407 km or 253 mi	Sao Borja	$604
422 km or 262 mi	Cascavel	$648
424 km or 264 mi	Santa Rosa	$619
447 km or 278 mi	Dourados	$661
455 km or 283 mi	Goya	$431
471 km or 293 mi	Reconquista	$428
472 km or 293 mi	Santo Angelo	$611
498 km or 310 mi	Uruguaiana	$554
504 km or 313 mi	Ijui	$610
508 km or 315 mi	Pato Branco	$681
539 km or 335 mi	Chapeco	$607
549 km or 341 mi	Campo Mourao	$525
584 km or 363 mi	Carazinho	$653
586 km or 364 mi	Artigas	$957
593 km or 369 mi	Erechim	$636
599 km or 372 mi	Concordia	$632
613 km or 381 mi	Maringa	$694
614 km or 382 mi	Passo Fundo	$688
616 km or 383 mi	Santa Maria	$511
619 km or 385 mi	Campo Grande	$716
621 km or 386 mi	Guarapuava	$626
648 km or 403 mi	Sao Gabriel	$565
654 km or 407 mi	Apucarana	$658
655 km or 407 mi	Santana do Livramento	$573

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1785
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1881
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2011
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2152
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1816
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1843
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1552
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1862
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1756
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1621
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1481
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1354
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1545
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1688
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1413
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1461
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1404
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$1998
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1903
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1691
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2348
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2741
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1610
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1463
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1430
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1723
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2604
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1528
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1669
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1249
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1672
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1462
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1317
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1707
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1746
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1719
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2356
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1716
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1702
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1693