Asuncion vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asuncion	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$1627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1688	$3576
🏠 One person rent	$344	$931
🏘️ Family rent	$564	$1463
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.9	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$466	$2496
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	36	73
😀 Quality of life	57	80
🏙️ Population	462K	7.01M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 56% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7000th and 3418th ($718 vs $1627) 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 0.6 months in Asuncion compared to 1.5 months in Riyadh. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6174th and 759th 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	$5.46	$7.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.8	$53.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.62	$8.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$1.86
☕ Cappuccino	$2.71	$4.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1007
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$279	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$1807
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$457	$1160
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$64.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$99.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.91%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1409	$2939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1109	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.26	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.91	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.46
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$2.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$8.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$14.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$9.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.65	$7.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.51	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$101
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.05	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$51.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$7.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$58.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.6	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$451
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4108	$9818

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Cities near Asuncion

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	San Lorenzo	$686
15 km or 9.4 mi	Luque	$702
112 km or 70 mi	Formosa	$410
120 km or 74 mi	Coronel Oviedo	$603
163 km or 101 mi	Caaguazu	$427
212 km or 132 mi	Concepcion	$617
270 km or 168 mi	Corrientes	$610
275 km or 171 mi	Resistencia	$401
287 km or 178 mi	Encarnacion	$582
288 km or 179 mi	Posadas	$370
304 km or 189 mi	Ciudad del Este	$614
307 km or 191 mi	Foz do Iguacu	$655
326 km or 203 mi	Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena	$470
348 km or 216 mi	Obera	$444
361 km or 224 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$596
363 km or 226 mi	Ponta Pora	$604
407 km or 253 mi	Sao Borja	$571
422 km or 262 mi	Cascavel	$595
424 km or 264 mi	Santa Rosa	$582
447 km or 278 mi	Dourados	$619
455 km or 283 mi	Goya	$591
471 km or 293 mi	Reconquista	$603
472 km or 293 mi	Santo Angelo	$573
498 km or 310 mi	Uruguaiana	$531
504 km or 313 mi	Ijui	$563
508 km or 315 mi	Pato Branco	$626
539 km or 335 mi	Chapeco	$659
549 km or 341 mi	Campo Mourao	$481
584 km or 363 mi	Carazinho	$587
586 km or 364 mi	Artigas	$959
593 km or 369 mi	Erechim	$608
599 km or 372 mi	Concordia	$621
613 km or 381 mi	Maringa	$652
614 km or 382 mi	Passo Fundo	$576
616 km or 383 mi	Santa Maria	$526
619 km or 385 mi	Campo Grande	$634
621 km or 386 mi	Guarapuava	$547
648 km or 403 mi	Sao Gabriel	$476
654 km or 407 mi	Apucarana	$589
655 km or 407 mi	Santana do Livramento	$537

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$967
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$862
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$908
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1008
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$930
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$873
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1201
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1230
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1237
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1008
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1849
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1770
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$825
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$730
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$453
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$549
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$889
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$918
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$477
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$669
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1182
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$503
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$483
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$583
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$571
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1162
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$553
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$681
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$903
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$530
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$463