Asuncion vs Buenos Aires - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asuncion	Buenos Aires
🚶 Cost of living one person	$635	$1130
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$2837
🏠 One person rent	$314	$470
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$887
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$439
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$97
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$635
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	35	79
😀 Quality of life	51	74
🏙️ Population	462K	3.12M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 44% less expensive than in Buenos Aires. Cities ranked 7323rd and 4694th ($635 vs $1130) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Paraguay and Argentina, respectively. Check Paraguay vs Argentina comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asuncion compared to 0.6 months in Buenos Aires. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Buenos Aires ranked 1st in Argentina, while ranked 6144th and 1194th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Buenos Aires

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	Asuncion	Buenos Aires
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.55	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$47
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$347	$530
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$1019
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$719
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.1	$52.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.4	$80.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$26.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.6%	35.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$2657
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$778	$1964
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$0.6
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$23.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.86	$9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$2.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$7.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$8.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.34
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$2.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.31	$3.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.02	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$5.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$3.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$33.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$8.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$28.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.21	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$110
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$131
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3318	$5728

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Cities near Asuncion

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	San Lorenzo	$585
15 km or 9.4 mi	Luque	$567
112 km or 70 mi	Formosa	$413
120 km or 74 mi	Coronel Oviedo	$522
163 km or 101 mi	Caaguazu	$405
212 km or 132 mi	Concepcion	$521
270 km or 168 mi	Corrientes	$534
275 km or 171 mi	Resistencia	$429
287 km or 178 mi	Encarnacion	$496
288 km or 179 mi	Posadas	$397
304 km or 189 mi	Ciudad del Este	$500
307 km or 191 mi	Foz do Iguacu	$626
326 km or 203 mi	Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena	$477
348 km or 216 mi	Obera	$461
361 km or 224 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$502
363 km or 226 mi	Ponta Pora	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Sao Borja	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Cascavel	$583
424 km or 264 mi	Santa Rosa	$553
447 km or 278 mi	Dourados	$599
455 km or 283 mi	Goya	$571
471 km or 293 mi	Reconquista	$582
472 km or 293 mi	Santo Angelo	$544
498 km or 310 mi	Uruguaiana	$503
504 km or 313 mi	Ijui	$537
508 km or 315 mi	Pato Branco	$600
539 km or 335 mi	Chapeco	$628
549 km or 341 mi	Campo Mourao	$460
584 km or 363 mi	Carazinho	$551
586 km or 364 mi	Artigas	$889
593 km or 369 mi	Erechim	$577
599 km or 372 mi	Concordia	$589
613 km or 381 mi	Maringa	$610
614 km or 382 mi	Passo Fundo	$540
616 km or 383 mi	Santa Maria	$500
619 km or 385 mi	Campo Grande	$588
621 km or 386 mi	Guarapuava	$506
648 km or 403 mi	Sao Gabriel	$446
654 km or 407 mi	Apucarana	$580
655 km or 407 mi	Santana do Livramento	$510

Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$979
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$741
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$939
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$924
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$643
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$938
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$552
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$963
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$935
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$849
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$952
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$938
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$964
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$966
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$853
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$928
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$877
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$889
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$865
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$921
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$920
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$863
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$928
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$915
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$899