Asuncion vs Porto Alegre - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asuncion	Porto Alegre
🚶 Cost of living one person	$635	$752
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$1913
🏠 One person rent	$314	$320
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$572
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$454
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	35	72
😀 Quality of life	51	56
🏙️ Population	462K	1.33M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 16% less expensive than in Porto Alegre. Cities ranked 7323rd and 6663rd ($635 vs $752) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 13th in Paraguay and Brazil, respectively. Check Paraguay vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asuncion compared to 0.6 months in Porto Alegre. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Porto Alegre ranked 10th in Brazil, while ranked 6144th and 5820th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Porto Alegre

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	Asuncion	Porto Alegre
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.55	$5.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$5.97
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$2.17
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$2.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$1.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$347	$284
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$245
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$590
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$452
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.1	$48.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.4	$74.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.6%	11.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$1319
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$778	$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$55.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.86	$8.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$2.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$9.26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$8.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$6.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.31	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.02	$5.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$2.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$1.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$0.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$5.69
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$53.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.21	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$46
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$70.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3318	$7512

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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 Porto Alegre

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Canoas	$632
16 km or 9.9 mi	Cachoeirinha	$546
21 km or 13 mi	Viamao	$624
41 km or 25 mi	Novo Hamburgo	$495
96 km or 60 mi	Caxias do Sul	$564
100 km or 62 mi	Bento Goncalves	$584
107 km or 67 mi	Camaqua	$593
121 km or 75 mi	Santa Cruz do Sul	$599
160 km or 100 mi	Cachoeira do Sul	$536
172 km or 107 mi	Vacaria	$608
208 km or 129 mi	Ararangua	$549
221 km or 137 mi	Pelotas	$537
228 km or 141 mi	Passo Fundo	$540
235 km or 146 mi	Criciuma	$519
238 km or 148 mi	Rio Grande	$529
246 km or 153 mi	Carazinho	$551
252 km or 156 mi	Santa Maria	$500
262 km or 163 mi	Lages	$619
277 km or 172 mi	Tubarao	$578
285 km or 177 mi	Erechim	$577
299 km or 186 mi	Sao Gabriel	$446
311 km or 193 mi	Bage	$463
318 km or 198 mi	Ijui	$537
321 km or 199 mi	Concordia	$589
352 km or 219 mi	Santo Angelo	$544
354 km or 220 mi	Chapeco	$628
363 km or 225 mi	Cacador	$594
376 km or 234 mi	Florianopolis	$857
382 km or 238 mi	Melo	$707
397 km or 247 mi	Brusque	$632
397 km or 247 mi	Santa Rosa	$553
406 km or 252 mi	Blumenau	$632
415 km or 258 mi	Itapema	$639
423 km or 263 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$658
423 km or 263 mi	Santana do Livramento	$510
425 km or 264 mi	Rivera	$758
429 km or 266 mi	Itajai	$659
446 km or 277 mi	Pato Branco	$600
448 km or 278 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$594
474 km or 295 mi	Obera	$461