La Paz vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	La Paz	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$694	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1664	$4674
🏠 One person rent	$297	$1211
🏘️ Family rent	$501	$1801
🍽️ Food expenses	$248	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$72.4	$126
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$434	$4112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	35	81
😀 Quality of life	57	91
🏙️ Population	756K	1.43M

The cost of living in La Paz is 66% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 7306th and 1833rd ($694 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1452nd 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 0.6 months in La Paz compared to 2 months in San Antonio. La Paz ranked 1st best city to live in Bolivia vs San Antonio ranked 39th in the United States, while ranked 6167th and 156th among best cities to live in the world.

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	La Paz	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.27	$17.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$60.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.7	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.35	$6.15
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$5.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1	$2.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$311	$1312
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$227	$901
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$568	$1860
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$404	$1400
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.5	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.7	$233
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.2	$75.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.16%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1309	$4488
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$594	$1816
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$1.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.3	$37.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.2	$17.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.65	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$2.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.09	$5.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.28	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$4.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$4.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.18
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.56	$15.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$3.14
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.61	$9.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.47	$6.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$7.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$4.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.58	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.4	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.71	$14.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33.1	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.85	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.3	$51.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.8	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$176	$1365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2571	$19123

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Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$691
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$628
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$558
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$625
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$589
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$611
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$459
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$686
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$670
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$776
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$630
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$526
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$589
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$958
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$631
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$804
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$612
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$565
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$690
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$768
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$815
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$621
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$816
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$1043
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$811
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$725
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$634
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$786
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$607
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$598
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$645
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$665
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$571
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$759
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$575
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$815
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$716
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$1034
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$820
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$670

Cities near San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2093
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2105
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2123
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2120
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2125
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2168
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$1944
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2475
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2151
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2149
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2141
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2058
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2110
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2003
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$1963
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$1937
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$1857
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$1903
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$1005
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1722
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2070
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1855
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1897
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1708
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$1010
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$796
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1950
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1843
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2096
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2066
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2011
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2093
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2519
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2033
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2754
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2261
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2107
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1860
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2064
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2093