Asuncion vs Kumasi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asuncion	Kumasi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$635	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$1301
🏠 One person rent	$314	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$412
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$49.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$313
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	35	38
😀 Quality of life	51	34
🏙️ Population	462K	444K

The cost of living in Asuncion is 47% more expensive than in Kumasi. Cities ranked 7323rd and 8890th ($635 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th in Paraguay and Ghana, respectively. Check Paraguay vs Ghana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asuncion compared to 0.7 months in Kumasi. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Kumasi ranked 4th in Ghana, while ranked 6144th and 7682nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Kumasi

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	Asuncion	Kumasi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.55	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$6.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$0.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$347	$67.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$83.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$372
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.1	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.4	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.6%	24.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$4001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$778	$2470
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.86	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$5.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$1.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.31	$0.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.02	$4.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$1.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$7.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$7.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.21	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$28.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$64
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3318	$5465

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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 Kumasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Obuasi	$551
163 km or 101 mi	Koforidua	$588
197 km or 122 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Accra	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Ashaiman	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Abengourou	$889
210 km or 130 mi	Tema	$553
231 km or 143 mi	Ho	$354
237 km or 147 mi	Hohoe	$575
249 km or 155 mi	Kpalime	$632
286 km or 178 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
299 km or 186 mi	Agboville	$882
306 km or 190 mi	Abidjan	$1022
314 km or 195 mi	Tamale	$507
317 km or 197 mi	Atakpame	$647
320 km or 199 mi	Lome	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Dabou	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
393 km or 244 mi	Bouake	$937
396 km or 246 mi	Sokode	$651
402 km or 250 mi	Abomey	$590
404 km or 251 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
424 km or 263 mi	Divo	$906
444 km or 276 mi	Kara	$658
447 km or 278 mi	Cotonou	$709
468 km or 291 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
477 km or 296 mi	Save	$613
481 km or 299 mi	Gagnoa	$904
494 km or 307 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Korhogo	$916
551 km or 342 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
555 km or 345 mi	Lagos	$1113
557 km or 346 mi	Manga	$774
580 km or 360 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
616 km or 383 mi	Ibadan	$776
624 km or 388 mi	Koudougou	$743
625 km or 389 mi	Oyo	$677
631 km or 392 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
635 km or 395 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
674 km or 419 mi	Dedougou	$735