Asuncion vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Asuncion	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$722	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1726	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$361	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$634	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$217	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$64.9	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$415	$1455
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	100
😀 Quality of life	53	78
🏙️ Population	524K	24.9M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 39% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 6685th and 4461st ($722 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Paraguay and China, respectively. Check Paraguay vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Asuncion compared to 1.2 months in Shanghai. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 6074th and 558th 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	$4.35	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.5	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.8	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$386	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$283	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$731	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$510	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.7	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.5	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$17.1	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.54%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1152	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$940	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.4	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.64	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.93	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.49	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.19	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.06	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.8	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.95	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.56	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.4	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.96	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20.1	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.2	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.9	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78.4	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$205	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3513	$28143

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Cities near Asuncion

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	San Lorenzo	$660
15 km or 9.4 mi	Luque	$650
112 km or 70 mi	Formosa	$354
120 km or 74 mi	Coronel Oviedo	$564
163 km or 101 mi	Caaguazu	$444
212 km or 132 mi	Concepcion	$577
270 km or 168 mi	Corrientes	$523
275 km or 171 mi	Resistencia	$403
287 km or 178 mi	Encarnacion	$554
288 km or 179 mi	Posadas	$340
304 km or 189 mi	Ciudad del Este	$580
307 km or 191 mi	Foz do Iguacu	$725
326 km or 203 mi	Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena	$429
348 km or 216 mi	Obera	$368
361 km or 224 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$562
363 km or 226 mi	Ponta Pora	$644
407 km or 253 mi	Sao Borja	$604
422 km or 262 mi	Cascavel	$648
424 km or 264 mi	Santa Rosa	$619
447 km or 278 mi	Dourados	$661
455 km or 283 mi	Goya	$431
471 km or 293 mi	Reconquista	$428
472 km or 293 mi	Santo Angelo	$611
498 km or 310 mi	Uruguaiana	$554
504 km or 313 mi	Ijui	$610
508 km or 315 mi	Pato Branco	$681
539 km or 335 mi	Chapeco	$607
549 km or 341 mi	Campo Mourao	$525
584 km or 363 mi	Carazinho	$653
586 km or 364 mi	Artigas	$957
593 km or 369 mi	Erechim	$636
599 km or 372 mi	Concordia	$632
613 km or 381 mi	Maringa	$694
614 km or 382 mi	Passo Fundo	$688
616 km or 383 mi	Santa Maria	$511
619 km or 385 mi	Campo Grande	$716
621 km or 386 mi	Guarapuava	$626
648 km or 403 mi	Sao Gabriel	$565
654 km or 407 mi	Apucarana	$658
655 km or 407 mi	Santana do Livramento	$573

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740