Asuncion vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asuncion	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$635	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$314	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	35	96
😀 Quality of life	51	80
🏙️ Population	462K	17.7M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 31% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 7323rd and 5950th ($635 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 6144th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Shenzhen

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	Asuncion	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.55	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$347	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.1	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.4	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.6%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$778	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.86	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.31	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.02	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.21	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3318	$22267

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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 Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609