Asuncion vs Kumasi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asuncion	Kumasi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$532
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1688	$1346
🏠 One person rent	$344	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$564	$269
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.9	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$466	$135
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	36	38
😀 Quality of life	57	39
🏙️ Population	462K	3.9M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 35% more expensive than in Kumasi. Cities ranked 7000th and 8436th ($718 vs $532) 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 0.6 months in Asuncion compared to 0.3 months in Kumasi. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Kumasi ranked 4th in Ghana, while ranked 6174th and 7874th 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	$5.46	$3.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.8	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.62	$6.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$0.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.71	$0.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$85.9
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$279	$114
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$152
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$457	$206
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$26.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$40.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$33.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.91%	26.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1409	$7314
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1109	$4261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$21.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.26	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.91	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$5.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$4.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$1.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.65	$0.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.51	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$1.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$0.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$0.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$20.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.05	$8.03
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$9.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$4.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$14.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.6	$28.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$73.5
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4108	$5514

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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 Kumasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Obuasi	$631
163 km or 101 mi	Koforidua	$668
197 km or 122 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$649
198 km or 123 mi	Accra	$822
206 km or 128 mi	Ashaiman	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Abengourou	$1066
210 km or 130 mi	Tema	$600
231 km or 143 mi	Ho	$417
237 km or 147 mi	Hohoe	$652
249 km or 155 mi	Kpalime	$684
286 km or 178 mi	Grand-Bassam	$1059
299 km or 186 mi	Agboville	$1057
306 km or 190 mi	Abidjan	$1224
314 km or 195 mi	Tamale	$576
317 km or 197 mi	Atakpame	$699
320 km or 199 mi	Lome	$835
341 km or 212 mi	Dabou	$1057
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$703
393 km or 244 mi	Bouake	$1123
396 km or 246 mi	Sokode	$705
402 km or 250 mi	Abomey	$598
404 km or 251 mi	Yamoussoukro	$1056
424 km or 263 mi	Divo	$1083
444 km or 276 mi	Kara	$712
447 km or 278 mi	Cotonou	$793
468 km or 291 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
477 km or 296 mi	Save	$646
481 km or 299 mi	Gagnoa	$1082
494 km or 307 mi	Leo	$846
539 km or 335 mi	Korhogo	$1099
551 km or 342 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
555 km or 345 mi	Lagos	$1102
557 km or 346 mi	Manga	$877
580 km or 360 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$831
616 km or 383 mi	Ibadan	$752
624 km or 388 mi	Koudougou	$820
625 km or 389 mi	Oyo	$664
631 km or 392 mi	Ouagadougou	$961
635 km or 395 mi	Fada N'gourma	$875
674 km or 419 mi	Dedougou	$822