La Paz vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	La Paz	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$688	$2039
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1656	$4469
🏠 One person rent	$304	$1143
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$236	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$3371
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	33	95
😀 Quality of life	46	95
🏙️ Population	756K	985K

The cost of living in La Paz is 66% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 6947th and 1732nd ($688 vs $2039) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Bolivia and Sweden, respectively. Check Bolivia vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in La Paz compared to 1.7 months in Stockholm. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 6481st and 20th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in La Paz vs Stockholm

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	La Paz	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.01	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$76.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$7.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$4.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$311	$1344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$232	$920
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$2403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$421	$1579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.4	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$31.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.98%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1230	$10193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$864	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$3.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.8	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.6	$7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.45	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.51	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.83	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.5	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3313	$5804

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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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331