Asuncion vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Asuncion	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$752	$1126
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1837	$3097
🏠 One person rent	$348	$600
🏘️ Family rent	$617	$1068
🍽️ Food expenses	$262	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$59.3	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$536	$879
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	57	75
🏙️ Population	462K	24.9M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 33% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6973rd and 4971st ($752 vs $1126) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Paraguay and China, respectively. Check Paraguay vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Asuncion compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 6216th and 1655th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Shanghai

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	Asuncion	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.88	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.9	$36.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.01	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.05	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$448	$803
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$268	$486
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$825	$1462
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$493	$880
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26.1	$37.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.1	$58.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.6	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.83%	3.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1605	$14215
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1243	$7113
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.52	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32	$30.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.59	$6.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.08	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.57	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$3.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.31	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$2.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.44	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.08	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.46	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.75	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$6.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.6	$6.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.65	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.21	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.4	$61.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.79	$7.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$23	$94.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.66	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.4	$50.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89.5	$78.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$186	$1114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4760	$27781

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1002
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$669
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$782
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$594
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$620
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$644
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$557
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$667
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$683
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$643
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$650
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$584
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$671
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$636
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$680
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$684
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$623
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$646
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$860
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$647
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$652
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$611
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$652
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$604
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$675
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$678
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$525
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$626
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$644
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$667
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$677
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$601
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$665
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$632
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$765