Asuncion vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Asuncion	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$752	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1837	$2843
🏠 One person rent	$348	$424
🏘️ Family rent	$617	$732
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$418
🚐 Transport expenses	$59.3	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$536	$803
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	35	35
😀 Quality of life	57	62
🏙️ Population	462K	1.43M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 30% less expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 6973rd and 5140th ($752 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 32nd in Paraguay and Mexico, respectively. Check Paraguay vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asuncion compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Puebla ranked 9th in Mexico, while ranked 6216th and 5782nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Puebla

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	Asuncion	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.88	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.9	$49.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.01	$9.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$3.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.05	$4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$448	$536
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$268	$312
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$825	$919
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$574
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.1	$40.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$63.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$25.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.83%	10.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1605	$1035
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1243	$750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32	$26.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.59	$18.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$2.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.08	$3.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$8.27
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$7.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.31	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.46	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.75	$5.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$5.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.6	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.65	$1.81
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$1.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.4	$48
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.79	$5.72
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$45.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$10.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$53.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.5	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$186	$450
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4760	$20939

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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 Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$987
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$1015
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$1032
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$1040
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$982
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$969
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$907
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1428
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$842
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$887
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$926
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$1008
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$975
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$917
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$944
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$941
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$1015
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$880
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$950
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$934
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$771
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$962
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$846
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$670
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$986
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$981
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$1004
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$928
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$971
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$766
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$906
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$1041
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$923
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$1010
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$1241
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$854
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$939
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$803
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$926
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$947