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Paramaribo vs. Asuncion Cost of Living Summary

Paramaribo is 46.0% more expensive than Asuncion.

Restaurants: pay 75.6% more in Paramaribo
Groceries: pay 90.0% more in Paramaribo
Transportation: pay 2.3 times more in Paramaribo
Housing: pay 10.6% more in Paramaribo
Childcare: pay 54.5% less in Paramaribo
Entertainment and Sports: pay 64.6% more in Paramaribo
Clothing: pay 9.3% more in Paramaribo

The cost of transportation, groceries, restaurants, entertainment and sports, housing, and clothing in Paramaribo are more expensive than in Asuncion. Notably, transportation, groceries, and restaurants are significantly more expensive in Paramaribo.

Paramaribo vs. Asuncion Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Paramaribo instead of Asuncion, you would:

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pay 75.6% more for restaurants

	Asuncion	Paramaribo
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00 PYG32,255	$10.00 SRD375.48	+100.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.39 PYG34,796	$11.40 SRD428.13	+111.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.89 PYG5,741	$1.19 SRD44.70	+33.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.52 PYG3,353	$0.82 SRD30.65	+57.1%
Average			+75.6%

Asuncion vs. Paramaribo - Cost of restaurants

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pay 90.0% more for groceries

	Asuncion	Paramaribo
Bread 1 loaf	$1.13 PYG7,311	$1.29 SRD48.48	+13.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.98 PYG25,671	$6.24 SRD234.11	+56.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.71 PYG23,922	$6.71 SRD251.83	+80.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.81 PYG11,696	$3.40 SRD127.63	+87.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.67 PYG10,764	$2.52 SRD94.73	+51.2%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.03 PYG6,651	$2.01 SRD75.39	+94.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.41 PYG2,659	$0.91 SRD34.26	+121.4%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.45 PYG2,888	$1.45 SRD54.38	+223.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 PYG5,509	$2.46 SRD92.30	+187.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.54 PYG3,487	$0.59 SRD22.15	+9.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.57 PYG3,680	$0.93 SRD34.95	+63.2%
Average			+90.0%

Asuncion vs. Paramaribo - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.3 times more for transportation

	Asuncion	Paramaribo
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.61 PYG23,280	$4.24 SRD159.07	+17.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$28.58 PYG184K	$90.00 SRD3,379.32	+214.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$15,411.13 PYG99M	$25,000.00 SRD939K	+62.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$7.41 PYG47,810	$23.00 SRD863.60	+210.3%
Average			+126.2%

Asuncion vs. Paramaribo - Cost of transportation

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pay 10.6% more for housing

	Asuncion	Paramaribo
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$17.71 PYG114K	$29.19 SRD1,096.07	+64.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$437.82 PYG3M	$504.53 SRD18,944.14	+15.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$320.48 PYG2M	$217.08 SRD8,150.96	-32.3%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$31.70 PYG204K	$30.00 SRD1,126.30	-5.4%
Average			+10.6%

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pay 54.5% less for childcare

	Asuncion	Paramaribo
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$163.92 PYG1M	$63.03 SRD2,366.53	-61.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$3,652.44 PYG24M	$1,921.93 SRD72,164.52	-47.4%
Average			-54.5%

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pay 64.6% more for entertainment and sports

	Asuncion	Paramaribo
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.40 PYG9,038	$3.34 SRD125.23	+138.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.19 PYG14,119	$2.68 SRD100.52	+22.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.68 PYG10,845	$5.64 SRD211.94	+235.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$29.39 PYG190K	$12.63 SRD474.10	-57.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.95 PYG38,411	$5.00 SRD187.74	-16.0%
Average			+64.6%

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pay 9.3% more for clothing

	Asuncion	Paramaribo
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$55.16 PYG356K	$36.30 SRD1,362.83	-34.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$37.83 PYG244K	$28.44 SRD1,067.92	-24.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$78.06 PYG504K	$75.41 SRD2,831.67	-3.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$55.34 PYG357K	$110.56 SRD4,151.41	+99.8%
Average			+9.3%

Asuncion vs. Paramaribo - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: March 2026

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