Asuncion vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asuncion	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$635	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$314	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	35	72
😀 Quality of life	51	78
🏙️ Population	462K	7.01M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 61% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7323rd and 2911th ($635 vs $1637) 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 1.7 months in Riyadh. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6144th and 733rd 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	$4.55	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$347	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.1	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.4	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.6%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$778	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.86	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.31	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.02	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.21	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3318	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529