La Paz vs Puebla - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	La Paz	Puebla
🚶 Cost of living one person	$688	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1656	$2527
🏠 One person rent	$304	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$914
🍽️ Food expenses	$236	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$651
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	33	35
😀 Quality of life	46	53
🏙️ Population	756K	1.43M

The cost of living in La Paz is 30% less expensive than in Puebla. Cities ranked 6947th and 5623rd ($688 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 19th in Bolivia and Mexico, respectively. Check Bolivia vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in La Paz compared to 0.7 months in Puebla. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Puebla ranked 12th in Mexico, while ranked 6481st and 6026th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in La Paz vs Puebla

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	La Paz	Puebla
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.01	$7.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$7.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$2.38
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$2.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$311	$461
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$232	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$908
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$421	$821
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.4	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36	$47.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.98%	11.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1230	$772
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$864	$601
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$0.49
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.8	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$6.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$5.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$2.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$9.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.6	$3.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.45	$5.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$45.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.51	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.83	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.5	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$284
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3313	$9705

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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	$673
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$600
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$520
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$535
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$547
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$538
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$414
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$748
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$588
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$774
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$666
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$507
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$923
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$626
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$780
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$591
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$630
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$673
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$734
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$735
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$598
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$804
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$1011
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$804
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$656
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$787
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$729
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$562
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$575
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$614
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$796
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$577
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$1121
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$606
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$977
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$790
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$580

Cities near Puebla

Distance	City	Cost of living
30 km or 18 mi	Atlixco	$825
75 km or 47 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
82 km or 51 mi	Cuautla	$858
82 km or 51 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
86 km or 53 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
90 km or 56 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
103 km or 64 mi	Jiutepec	$752
106 km or 66 mi	Mexico City	$1160
107 km or 66 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
108 km or 67 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
109 km or 68 mi	Tehuacan	$485
116 km or 72 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
117 km or 73 mi	Naucalpan	$800
119 km or 74 mi	Tultepec	$747
120 km or 74 mi	Orizaba	$724
120 km or 74 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
122 km or 76 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
124 km or 77 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
124 km or 77 mi	Teziutlan	$770
124 km or 77 mi	Zumpango	$761
131 km or 81 mi	Pachuca	$632
136 km or 85 mi	Cordoba	$759
140 km or 87 mi	Coatepec	$700
147 km or 91 mi	Xalapa	$574
153 km or 95 mi	Toluca	$696
156 km or 97 mi	Taxco	$788
160 km or 99 mi	Iguala	$821
183 km or 114 mi	Poza Rica	$635
206 km or 128 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
215 km or 134 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
217 km or 135 mi	Veracruz	$724
238 km or 148 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
260 km or 162 mi	Alvarado	$716
268 km or 167 mi	Oaxaca	$812
284 km or 177 mi	Queretaro	$983
301 km or 187 mi	Acapulco	$756
314 km or 195 mi	Santiago Tuxtla	$700
318 km or 197 mi	Celaya	$638
320 km or 199 mi	Morelia	$717
323 km or 201 mi	San Andres Tuxtla	$699