Asuncion vs Tucson - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Asuncion	Tucson
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$1940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1688	$4568
🏠 One person rent	$344	$1141
🏘️ Family rent	$564	$1951
🍽️ Food expenses	$242	$577
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.9	$87.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$466	$3621
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	36	33
😀 Quality of life	57	82
🏙️ Population	462K	543K

The cost of living in Asuncion is 63% less expensive than in Tucson. Cities ranked 7000th and 2194th ($718 vs $1940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1737th 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 Tucson. Asuncion ranked 1st best city to live in Paraguay vs Tucson ranked 202nd in the United States, while ranked 6174th and 634th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Asuncion vs Tucson

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	Asuncion	Tucson
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.46	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.8	$65.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.62	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.44	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.71	$5.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.88	$2.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1121
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$279	$891
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$713	$2011
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$457	$1584
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$141
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$15.9	$62.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.91%	6.43%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1409	$2738
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1109	$2462
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.49	$2.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.9	$38.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.26	$14.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.98	$0.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.91	$2.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$4.51
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.92	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.9	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.75	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$1.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.91	$2.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.09	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$3.37
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.65	$9.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.51	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.39	$3.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$3.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.7	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.05	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$93.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.62	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.1	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$87.6	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$166	$1112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4108	$15639

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Cities near Asuncion

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	San Lorenzo	$686
15 km or 9.4 mi	Luque	$702
112 km or 70 mi	Formosa	$410
120 km or 74 mi	Coronel Oviedo	$603
163 km or 101 mi	Caaguazu	$427
212 km or 132 mi	Concepcion	$617
270 km or 168 mi	Corrientes	$610
275 km or 171 mi	Resistencia	$401
287 km or 178 mi	Encarnacion	$582
288 km or 179 mi	Posadas	$370
304 km or 189 mi	Ciudad del Este	$614
307 km or 191 mi	Foz do Iguacu	$655
326 km or 203 mi	Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena	$470
348 km or 216 mi	Obera	$444
361 km or 224 mi	Pedro Juan Caballero	$596
363 km or 226 mi	Ponta Pora	$604
407 km or 253 mi	Sao Borja	$571
422 km or 262 mi	Cascavel	$595
424 km or 264 mi	Santa Rosa	$582
447 km or 278 mi	Dourados	$619
455 km or 283 mi	Goya	$591
471 km or 293 mi	Reconquista	$603
472 km or 293 mi	Santo Angelo	$573
498 km or 310 mi	Uruguaiana	$531
504 km or 313 mi	Ijui	$563
508 km or 315 mi	Pato Branco	$626
539 km or 335 mi	Chapeco	$659
549 km or 341 mi	Campo Mourao	$481
584 km or 363 mi	Carazinho	$587
586 km or 364 mi	Artigas	$959
593 km or 369 mi	Erechim	$608
599 km or 372 mi	Concordia	$621
613 km or 381 mi	Maringa	$652
614 km or 382 mi	Passo Fundo	$576
616 km or 383 mi	Santa Maria	$526
619 km or 385 mi	Campo Grande	$634
621 km or 386 mi	Guarapuava	$547
648 km or 403 mi	Sao Gabriel	$476
654 km or 407 mi	Apucarana	$589
655 km or 407 mi	Santana do Livramento	$537

Cities near Tucson

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.9 mi	Casas Adobes	$2021
23 km or 14 mi	Oro Valley	$2060
26 km or 16 mi	Marana	$2084
33 km or 20 mi	Sahuarita	$2046
97 km or 60 mi	Nogales	$2095
97 km or 60 mi	Sierra Vista	$1612
100 km or 62 mi	Nogales	$727
101 km or 62 mi	Florence	$2466
106 km or 66 mi	Casa Grande	$2403
133 km or 83 mi	Queen Creek	$3031
140 km or 87 mi	Maricopa	$2320
145 km or 90 mi	Apache Junction	$2491
148 km or 92 mi	Chandler	$2349
149 km or 93 mi	Gilbert	$2447
157 km or 98 mi	Mesa	$2417
164 km or 102 mi	Agua Prieta	$813
164 km or 102 mi	Tempe	$2448
169 km or 105 mi	Scottsdale	$2332
171 km or 106 mi	Fountain Hills	$2371
181 km or 112 mi	Phoenix	$2340
189 km or 118 mi	Avondale	$2523
190 km or 118 mi	Goodyear	$2481
193 km or 120 mi	Glendale	$1977
195 km or 121 mi	Peoria	$2344
201 km or 125 mi	Buckeye	$2365
202 km or 126 mi	El Mirage	$2322
204 km or 126 mi	Caborca	$881
206 km or 128 mi	Surprise	$2353
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott Valley	$2341
295 km or 183 mi	Prescott	$2348
337 km or 210 mi	Flagstaff	$2598
347 km or 216 mi	Hermosillo	$982
350 km or 217 mi	Nuevo Casas Grandes	$850
350 km or 217 mi	Yuma	$1760
361 km or 225 mi	San Luis Rio Colorado	$965
362 km or 225 mi	San Luis	$1911
376 km or 233 mi	Blythe	$2757
391 km or 243 mi	Las Cruces	$1602
403 km or 250 mi	Lake Havasu	$2021
419 km or 260 mi	Gallup	$2245