Asuncion vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asuncion	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$815
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1688	$1884
🏠 One person rent	$344	$307
🏘️ Family rent	$564	$437
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.9	$89.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$466	$524
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	36	30
😀 Quality of life	57	41
🏙️ Population	462K	1.58M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 12% less expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 7000th and 6610th ($718 vs $815) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 116th in Paraguay and Mexico, respectively. Check Paraguay vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Asuncion compared to 0.6 months in Leon. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Leon ranked 62nd in Mexico, while ranked 6174th and 7634th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Leon

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	Asuncion	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$11.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.8	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.62	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.71	$4.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$492
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$279	$205
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$696
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$457	$301
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$24.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$37.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$19.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.91%	11.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1409	$1730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1109	$1236
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.26	$7.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.91	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.65	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.51	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$3.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$32.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.05	$4.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.6	$70.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4108	$2924

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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 Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$832
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$753
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$860
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$896
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$846
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$764
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$894
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$913
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$1030
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$1184
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$873
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$943
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1162
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$873
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$615
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$861
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$803
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$936
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$926
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$749
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$868
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$851
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$908
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$1058
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777