Asuncion vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asuncion	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$635	$3196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$7594
🏠 One person rent	$314	$2049
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$3732
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$709
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$220
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$4771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	51	93
🏙️ Population	462K	3.9M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 80% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 7323rd and 80th ($635 vs $3196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 71st 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 1.5 months in Los Angeles. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Los Angeles ranked 7th in the United States, while ranked 6144th and 58th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Los Angeles

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	Asuncion	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.55	$21.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$87.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$12.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$8.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$5.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$2.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$347	$2168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$1758
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$4056
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$3293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.1	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.4	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$66.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.6%	6.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$8056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$778	$7115
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$2.01
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$73.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.86	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$4.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$4.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$6.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$5.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$4.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$3.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$2.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.31	$11.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.02	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$5.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$2.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$49.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$18.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$190
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.21	$27.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$60.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3318	$28838

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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 Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2803
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2798
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2735
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2936
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2902
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2768
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3061
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3105
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2786
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3659
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3014
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2903
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2788
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2780
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3033
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3416
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3370
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2735
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2851
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3086
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2824
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2787
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2720
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3022
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2775
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3162
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$2758
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2669
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2662
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3573
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2789
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2919