Asuncion vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Asuncion	San Jose
🚶 Cost of living one person	$666	$3674
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1568	$8354
🏠 One person rent	$338	$2553
🏘️ Family rent	$566	$4614
🍽️ Food expenses	$209	$756
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.1	$175
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$426	$6972
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	35	87
😀 Quality of life	51	93
🏙️ Population	462K	1.01M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 82% less expensive than in San Jose, United States. Cities ranked 7159th and 13th ($666 vs $3674) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 11th in Paraguay and the United States, respectively. Check Paraguay vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Asuncion compared to 1.9 months in San Jose, United States. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs San Jose, United States ranked 9th in the United States, while ranked 6136th and 57th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Asuncion vs San Jose, United States infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/asuncion/san-jose-us.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Asuncion vs San Jose, United States infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/asuncion/san-jose-us" target="_blank">Asuncion vs San Jose, United States - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Asuncion vs San Jose, United States

Prices for goods and services in Asuncion and San Jose are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Asuncion	San Jose
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.64	$25.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.4	$99.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.64	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$9.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.33	$6.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$3.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$2518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$2244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$705	$4974
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$4085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.6	$178
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.2	$275
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.8	$76.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.89%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1279	$11099
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$615	$11117
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$2.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.5	$90.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.47	$18.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.94	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.34
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$4.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$3.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.8	$4.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$15.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$14.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.98	$21.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$5.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$1.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.85	$6.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$3.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.77	$2.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.63	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.8	$2.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.33	$11.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.2	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.09	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.62	$4.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.96	$2.28
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.7	$113
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.21	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$151
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$20.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$47	$48.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$74.8	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$180	$1894
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3909	$23974

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Asuncion

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	San Lorenzo	$620
15 km or 9.4 mi	Luque	$604
112 km or 70 mi	Formosa	$335
120 km or 74 mi	Coronel Oviedo	$534
163 km or 101 mi	Caaguazu	$411
212 km or 132 mi	Concepcion	$541
270 km or 168 mi	Corrientes	$486
275 km or 171 mi	Resistencia	$379
287 km or 178 mi	Encarnacion	$515
288 km or 179 mi	Posadas	$314
304 km or 189 mi	Ciudad del Este	$531
307 km or 191 mi	Foz do Iguacu	$644
326 km or 203 mi	Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena	$439
348 km or 216 mi	Obera	$373
361 km or 224 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$524
363 km or 226 mi	Ponta Pora	$615
407 km or 253 mi	Sao Borja	$585
422 km or 262 mi	Cascavel	$600
424 km or 264 mi	Santa Rosa	$596
447 km or 278 mi	Dourados	$629
455 km or 283 mi	Goya	$481
471 km or 293 mi	Reconquista	$487
472 km or 293 mi	Santo Angelo	$592
498 km or 310 mi	Uruguaiana	$557
504 km or 313 mi	Ijui	$593
508 km or 315 mi	Pato Branco	$635
539 km or 335 mi	Chapeco	$660
549 km or 341 mi	Campo Mourao	$482
584 km or 363 mi	Carazinho	$619
586 km or 364 mi	Artigas	$881
593 km or 369 mi	Erechim	$622
599 km or 372 mi	Concordia	$623
613 km or 381 mi	Maringa	$629
614 km or 382 mi	Passo Fundo	$647
616 km or 383 mi	Santa Maria	$472
619 km or 385 mi	Campo Grande	$641
621 km or 386 mi	Guarapuava	$534
648 km or 403 mi	Sao Gabriel	$594
654 km or 407 mi	Apucarana	$608
655 km or 407 mi	Santana do Livramento	$561

Cities near San Jose, United States

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.6 km or 4.7 mi	Campbell	$3322
9.7 km or 6.1 mi	Santa Clara	$3417
11 km or 6.8 mi	Los Gatos	$4181
13 km or 8.4 mi	Saratoga	$3147
15 km or 9.1 mi	Milpitas	$3083
15 km or 9.3 mi	Cupertino	$2799
16 km or 10 mi	Sunnyvale	$3305
18 km or 11 mi	Mountain View	$3220
21 km or 13 mi	Los Altos	$3085
27 km or 17 mi	Palo Alto	$3610
27 km or 17 mi	Morgan Hill	$3094
28 km or 18 mi	Fremont	$3159
29 km or 18 mi	Newark	$3010
29 km or 18 mi	East Palo Alto	$3228
32 km or 20 mi	Menlo Park	$3288
36 km or 22 mi	Union	$2986
38 km or 23 mi	Redwood	$3584
39 km or 24 mi	Santa Cruz	$3433
41 km or 25 mi	San Carlos	$3442
41 km or 25 mi	Pleasanton	$3578
42 km or 26 mi	Gilroy	$3118
43 km or 27 mi	Livermore	$3085
44 km or 27 mi	Watsonville	$3527
44 km or 27 mi	Belmont	$3804
44 km or 28 mi	Foster	$3473
45 km or 28 mi	Hayward	$2981
46 km or 28 mi	Dublin	$3091
47 km or 29 mi	San Lorenzo	$2802
48 km or 30 mi	San Mateo	$3672
48 km or 30 mi	Castro Valley	$2931
53 km or 33 mi	San Leandro	$3023
53 km or 33 mi	Burlingame	$3293
54 km or 33 mi	San Ramon	$2851
57 km or 36 mi	Millbrae	$3224
59 km or 36 mi	Danville	$2922
60 km or 38 mi	San Bruno	$3196
61 km or 38 mi	Alameda	$3274
62 km or 38 mi	Tracy	$2250
63 km or 39 mi	South San Francisco	$3170
64 km or 40 mi	Oakland	$3146