Asuncion vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Asuncion	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$752	$1632
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1837	$3539
🏠 One person rent	$348	$946
🏘️ Family rent	$617	$1446
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$59.3	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$536	$2285
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	35	70
😀 Quality of life	57	78
🏙️ Population	462K	7.01M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 54% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 6973rd and 3529th ($752 vs $1632) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Paraguay and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Paraguay vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asuncion compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6216th and 879th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Riyadh

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	Asuncion	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.88	$8.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.9	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.01	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$3.05	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$448	$1000
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$268	$763
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$825	$1845
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$1133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.1	$63.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$98.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$72.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.83%	5.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1605	$2922
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1243	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$1.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.59	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.08	$2.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$8.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$9.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.31	$15.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.46	$8.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.75	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$2.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.6	$4.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.65	$2.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$5.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.4	$93.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.79	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$57
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.5	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$186	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4760	$9443

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$931
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$815
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$931
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1037
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$823
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1109
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1192
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1309
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1005
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2014
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1923
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$775
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$707
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$465
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$556
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$906
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$489
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$664
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1168
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$523
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$492
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$581
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1107
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$565
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$893
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$545
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$487