Asuncion vs El Paso - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asuncion	El Paso
🚶 Cost of living one person	$635	$1813
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$4267
🏠 One person rent	$314	$980
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$1800
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$92
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$3350
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	35	35
😀 Quality of life	51	79
🏙️ Population	462K	679K

The cost of living in Asuncion is 65% less expensive than in El Paso. Cities ranked 7323rd and 2363rd ($635 vs $1813) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1931st in Paraguay and the United States, respectively. Check Paraguay vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asuncion compared to 1.8 months in El Paso. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs El Paso ranked 179th in the United States, while ranked 6144th and 633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs El Paso

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	Asuncion	El Paso
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.55	$18.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$69.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$4.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$5.96
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$347	$921
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$759
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$1644
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$1529
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.1	$112
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.4	$172
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$76.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.6%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$1815
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$778	$1759
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$1.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$47.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.86	$12.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$3.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$3.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$6.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$5.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.37
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.31	$12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.02	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$27.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$63.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.21	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$36.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$99.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$578
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3318	$6903

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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 El Paso

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.2 km or 1.4 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$948
24 km or 15 mi	Socorro	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Las Cruces	$1695
136 km or 85 mi	Alamogordo	$1661
202 km or 125 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$797
224 km or 139 mi	Carlsbad	$1832
258 km or 160 mi	Roswell	$1854
294 km or 183 mi	Agua Prieta	$791
332 km or 206 mi	Hobbs	$1856
349 km or 217 mi	Chihuahua	$814
359 km or 223 mi	Sierra Vista	$1638
374 km or 232 mi	Albuquerque	$1985
375 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Cuauhtemoc	$770
387 km or 240 mi	Rio Rancho	$1942
390 km or 242 mi	Odessa	$2224
408 km or 254 mi	Delicias	$762
415 km or 258 mi	Midland	$1683
422 km or 262 mi	Tucson	$1957
424 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$2077
425 km or 264 mi	Sahuarita	$2037
425 km or 264 mi	Clovis	$1618
425 km or 264 mi	Nogales	$830
429 km or 267 mi	Oro Valley	$2056
431 km or 268 mi	Casas Adobes	$2027
437 km or 272 mi	Santa Fe	$2170
442 km or 275 mi	Marana	$2073
467 km or 290 mi	Gallup	$2262
473 km or 294 mi	Espanola	$2211
476 km or 296 mi	Lubbock	$1717
476 km or 296 mi	Big Spring	$1996
481 km or 299 mi	Florence	$2319
508 km or 316 mi	Apache Junction	$2342
509 km or 317 mi	Casa Grande	$2296
511 km or 317 mi	Queen Creek	$2353
521 km or 323 mi	Plainview	$1896
522 km or 324 mi	Hermosillo	$814
522 km or 324 mi	Taos	$2396
527 km or 328 mi	Gilbert	$2417
530 km or 330 mi	Chandler	$2306
532 km or 330 mi	Fountain Hills	$2353