Asuncion vs Georgetown - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asuncion	Georgetown
🚶 Cost of living one person	$635	$1062
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$3388
🏠 One person rent	$314	$423
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$1181
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$480
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$78.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$536
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	24
😀 Quality of life	51	47
🏙️ Population	462K	235K

The cost of living in Asuncion is 40% less expensive than in Georgetown. Cities ranked 7323rd and 5085th ($635 vs $1062) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Paraguay and Guyana, respectively. Check Paraguay vs Guyana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asuncion compared to 0.5 months in Georgetown. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Georgetown ranked 1st in Guyana, while ranked 6144th and 6400th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Asuncion	Georgetown
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.55	$9.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$54.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$8.05
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$4.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$347	$564
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$265
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$1529
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$940
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.1	$48.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.4	$74.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$49.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.6%	7.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$3867
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$778	$1730
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.86	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$3.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$4.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$6.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$9.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$8.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$4.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.17
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.97
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.31	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.02	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$34.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$6.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$22
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.21	$6.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$33.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$883
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3318	$23423

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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 Georgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
88 km or 55 mi	Linden	$1031
93 km or 58 mi	New Amsterdam	$1033
161 km or 100 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$856
347 km or 216 mi	Paramaribo	$881
479 km or 298 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1247
487 km or 302 mi	Upata	$789
496 km or 308 mi	Tucupita	$777
521 km or 324 mi	Boa Vista	$560
524 km or 326 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
532 km or 331 mi	San Fernando	$953
547 km or 340 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
561 km or 349 mi	San Juan	$1178
565 km or 351 mi	Scarborough	$1084
567 km or 353 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
612 km or 380 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$880
637 km or 396 mi	Kourou	$1645
643 km or 399 mi	Maturin	$890
677 km or 421 mi	Cayenne	$1643
704 km or 438 mi	St. George's	$1062
704 km or 438 mi	Grenville	$1070
706 km or 438 mi	Carupano	$737
711 km or 442 mi	El Tigre	$746
720 km or 447 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
730 km or 454 mi	Holetown	$1418
737 km or 458 mi	Cantaura	$674
753 km or 468 mi	Anaco	$639
775 km or 482 mi	Cumana	$716
778 km or 483 mi	Porlamar	$684
783 km or 487 mi	La Asuncion	$695
785 km or 488 mi	Kingstown	$1000
792 km or 492 mi	Georgetown	$1007
805 km or 500 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
808 km or 502 mi	Barcelona	$858
812 km or 504 mi	Lecheria	$837
830 km or 516 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
837 km or 520 mi	Zaraza	$804
861 km or 535 mi	Castries	$1161
905 km or 562 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$782
926 km or 575 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
966 km or 600 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$847