La Paz vs Oslo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	La Paz	Oslo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$681	$2721
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1606	$5890
🏠 One person rent	$289	$1569
🏘️ Family rent	$464	$2558
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$793
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.1	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$358	$3963
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	37 km
🎓 Higher education	33	79
😀 Quality of life	52	95
🏙️ Population	756K	709K

The cost of living in La Paz is 75% less expensive than in Oslo. Cities ranked 7220th and 530th ($681 vs $2721) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Bolivia and Norway, respectively. Check Bolivia vs Norway comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in La Paz compared to 1.5 months in Oslo. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Oslo ranked 1st in Norway, while ranked 6482nd and 55th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in La Paz vs Oslo infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/la-paz/oslo.jpg" alt="Cost of living in La Paz vs Oslo infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/la-paz/oslo" target="_blank">La Paz vs Oslo - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in La Paz vs Oslo

Prices for goods and services in La Paz and Oslo are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	La Paz	Oslo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$24.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$120
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.19	$14.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$11.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.05	$4.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$3.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$1592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$216	$1273
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$548	$2624
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$2132
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.1	$179
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$276
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$51.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.97%	5.41%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$10233
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$774	$7897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$4.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$76.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.3	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.54	$2.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$2.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$3.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$5.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.18	$16.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$32.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$2.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$5.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$4.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.03	$19.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$3.26
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.7	$17.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.52	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.43	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$4.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.61	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.75	$18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$54
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$35.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.8	$103
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$160	$249
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2846	$16133

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Oslo

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.7 mi	Baerum	$2058
25 km or 16 mi	Lillestrom	$2155
27 km or 17 mi	Asker	$2180
35 km or 22 mi	Jessheim	$2131
36 km or 22 mi	Drammen	$1741
50 km or 31 mi	Moss	$1949
57 km or 35 mi	Horten	$1819
68 km or 42 mi	Kongsberg	$1978
71 km or 44 mi	Tonsberg	$1976
74 km or 46 mi	Sarpsborg	$1895
78 km or 48 mi	Fredrikstad	$2181
92 km or 57 mi	Sandefjord	$1997
96 km or 60 mi	Halden	$1761
100 km or 62 mi	Hamar	$1971
103 km or 64 mi	Skien	$1882
104 km or 65 mi	Larvik	$1830
106 km or 66 mi	Porsgrunn	$1818
106 km or 66 mi	Arvika	$1397
108 km or 67 mi	Gjovik	$2041
135 km or 84 mi	Lillehammer	$1621
165 km or 103 mi	Karlstad	$1460
186 km or 115 mi	Uddevalla	$1543
194 km or 120 mi	Vanersborg	$1405
197 km or 122 mi	Arendal	$1830
201 km or 125 mi	Trollhattan	$1353
220 km or 137 mi	Mariestad	$1516
241 km or 150 mi	Mora	$1586
245 km or 152 mi	Skovde	$1551
247 km or 154 mi	Ludvika	$1312
252 km or 156 mi	Kristiansand	$1497
259 km or 161 mi	Gothenburg	$1823
260 km or 162 mi	Orebro	$1325
261 km or 162 mi	Molndal	$1684
266 km or 166 mi	Borlange	$1289
275 km or 171 mi	Boras	$1503
276 km or 171 mi	Frederikshavn	$1542
281 km or 175 mi	Falun	$1801
303 km or 188 mi	Sandnes	$2004
304 km or 189 mi	Stavanger	$2341
305 km or 190 mi	Bergen	$2242