La Paz vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	La Paz	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$681	$3361
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1606	$7751
🏠 One person rent	$289	$2151
🏘️ Family rent	$464	$3720
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$750
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.1	$245
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$358	$4549
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	33	99
😀 Quality of life	52	94
🏙️ Population	756K	3.9M

The cost of living in La Paz is 80% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 7220th and 65th ($681 vs $3361) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 51st in Bolivia and the United States, respectively. Check Bolivia vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in La Paz compared to 1.4 months in Los Angeles. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Los Angeles ranked 14th in the United States, while ranked 6482nd and 74th among best cities to live in the world.

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	La Paz	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$22.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$90.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.19	$13.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$8.27
☕ Cappuccino	$3.05	$6.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$2.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$2364
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$216	$1847
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$548	$4128
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$3274
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.1	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$69.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.97%	6.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$7753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$774	$6833
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$81.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.3	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.54	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$3.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$7.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.18	$15.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$20.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$5.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.88
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$4.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.03	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.7	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.52	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.43	$9.09
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$5.34
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.61	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$68.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.75	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$168
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$31.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.8	$62
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$160	$1849
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2846	$26874

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Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$675
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$634
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$563
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$565
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$594
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$562
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$445
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$654
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$624
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$780
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$627
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$509
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$609
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$908
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$681
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$809
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$655
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$560
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$659
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$730
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$763
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$654
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$666
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$990
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$656
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$732
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$589
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$638
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$562
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$604
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$598
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$616
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$676
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$636
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$533
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$841
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$662
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$1040
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$838
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$613

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2786
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2780
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2722
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$2940
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$2952
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2764
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3132
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3036
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2739
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2762
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3656
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$2947
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2917
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2807
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2822
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3002
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3706
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3288
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2650
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2856
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3119
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2855
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2794
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2731
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3004
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2810
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3122
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3008
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2725
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2682
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3595
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2788
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$2927