La Paz vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	La Paz	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$681	$646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1606	$1842
🏠 One person rent	$289	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$464	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$246	$226
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.1	$65.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$358	$940
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	33	89
😀 Quality of life	52	74
🏙️ Population	756K	13.9M

The cost of living in La Paz is 5% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 7220th and 7452nd ($681 vs $646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 98th in Bolivia and China, respectively. Check Bolivia vs China 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 Tianjin. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Tianjin ranked 9th in China, while ranked 6482nd and 2435th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in La Paz vs Tianjin

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	La Paz	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.03	$3.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$21.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.19	$5.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.05	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$304	$325
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$216	$215
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$548	$586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$357	$390
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.1	$30.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.3	$46.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$7.05
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.97%	3.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1119	$5873
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$774	$2154
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.1	$11.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.3	$4.24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.54	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.77	$1.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.18	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.78	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.18	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.16	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.68	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.03	$8.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.7	$4.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.52	$5.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.43	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.55	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.61	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$14.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.75	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$57
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.86	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.8	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.6	$77.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$160	$482
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2846	$18657

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$641
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$707
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$619
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$750
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$638
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$688
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$565
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1029
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$558
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$564
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$660
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$614
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$456
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$580
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$616
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$533
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$505
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$574
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$454
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$741
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$654
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$523
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$527
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$499
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$535
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$527
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$615
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$544
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$550
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$562
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$548
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$573