Asuncion vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asuncion	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$2514
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1688	$5509
🏠 One person rent	$344	$1723
🏘️ Family rent	$564	$3020
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$455
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.9	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$466	$4067
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	36	65
😀 Quality of life	57	91
🏙️ Population	462K	3.94M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 71% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 7000th and 848th ($718 vs $2514) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Paraguay and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Paraguay vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Asuncion compared to 1.6 months in Dubai. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6174th and 158th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Dubai

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	Asuncion	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$10.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.8	$68.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.62	$9.32
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$12.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.71	$5.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$2095
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$279	$1336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$3716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$457	$2461
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$211
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$96.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.91%	4.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1409	$7516
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1109	$3977
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$86.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.26	$9.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.91	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$3.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$9.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$2.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.65	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.51	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$5.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$3.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$81.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.05	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$77.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$8.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.6	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$857
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4108	$15029

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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 Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1419
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2521
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1228
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1449
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1078
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$792
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1849
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1081
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1770
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$530
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$529
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$568
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$534
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1237
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1201
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1230
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$557
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$908
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$573
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1008
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$553
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$873
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$530
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$624
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$761
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$930
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$477
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$503
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$453
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$463
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$808
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$545
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$483