Asuncion vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Asuncion	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$752	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1837	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$348	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$617	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$59.3	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$536	$1020
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	35	96
😀 Quality of life	57	72
🏙️ Population	462K	13.3M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 53% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 6973rd and 3728th ($752 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Paraguay and Russia, respectively. Check Paraguay vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asuncion compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6216th and 3206th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Moscow

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	Asuncion	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.88	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.9	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.01	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$3.05	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$448	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$268	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$825	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.1	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.83%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1605	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1243	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.59	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.08	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.31	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.46	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.75	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.6	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.65	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.4	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.79	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.5	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$186	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4760	$17546

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Cities near Asuncion

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	San Lorenzo	$720
15 km or 9.4 mi	Luque	$744
112 km or 70 mi	Formosa	$429
120 km or 74 mi	Coronel Oviedo	$643
163 km or 101 mi	Caaguazu	$457
212 km or 132 mi	Concepcion	$652
270 km or 168 mi	Corrientes	$622
275 km or 171 mi	Resistencia	$398
287 km or 178 mi	Encarnacion	$619
288 km or 179 mi	Posadas	$385
304 km or 189 mi	Ciudad del Este	$649
307 km or 191 mi	Foz do Iguacu	$712
326 km or 203 mi	Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena	$474
348 km or 216 mi	Obera	$469
361 km or 224 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$629
363 km or 226 mi	Ponta Pora	$654
407 km or 253 mi	Sao Borja	$607
422 km or 262 mi	Cascavel	$633
424 km or 264 mi	Santa Rosa	$568
447 km or 278 mi	Dourados	$670
455 km or 283 mi	Goya	$622
471 km or 293 mi	Reconquista	$633
472 km or 293 mi	Santo Angelo	$585
498 km or 310 mi	Uruguaiana	$566
504 km or 313 mi	Ijui	$584
508 km or 315 mi	Pato Branco	$663
539 km or 335 mi	Chapeco	$713
549 km or 341 mi	Campo Mourao	$513
584 km or 363 mi	Carazinho	$628
586 km or 364 mi	Artigas	$1021
593 km or 369 mi	Erechim	$659
599 km or 372 mi	Concordia	$672
613 km or 381 mi	Maringa	$674
614 km or 382 mi	Passo Fundo	$613
616 km or 383 mi	Santa Maria	$557
619 km or 385 mi	Campo Grande	$672
621 km or 386 mi	Guarapuava	$579
648 km or 403 mi	Sao Gabriel	$509
654 km or 407 mi	Apucarana	$627
655 km or 407 mi	Santana do Livramento	$578

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791