Asuncion vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Asuncion	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$635	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1502	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$314	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$208	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$45.9	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$437	$602
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	35	71
😀 Quality of life	51	61
🏙️ Population	462K	10.6M

The cost of living in Asuncion is 32% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 7323rd and 8748th ($635 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 6144th and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Shijiazhuang

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	Asuncion	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.55	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.9	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.62	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.4	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$2.3	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$347	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$257	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$643	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$430	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.1	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.4	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.6%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1267	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$778	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.43	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.86	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.66	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.67	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.02	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.31	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.67	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.35	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.76	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.79	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.31	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.02	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.47	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.58	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$24.6	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.25	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.21	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.7	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.4	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$179	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3318	$4785

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716