San Salvador is 41.5% more expensive than Asuncion.

If you lived in San Salvador instead of Asuncion, you would:

pay 34.7% more for restaurants

 
Asuncion
San Salvador
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $4.18
₲30,549
$9.00
SVC78.40
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$4.88
₲35,640
$6.50
SVC56.62
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.01
₲7,351
$0.71
SVC6.22

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pay 83.2% more for groceries

 
Asuncion
San Salvador
Bread
1 loaf
$0.72
₲5,225
$1.76
SVC15.30
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.22
₲23,484
$2.97
SVC25.86
Milk (1 gallon) $3.11
₲22,691
$6.82
SVC59.42

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pay 37.2% more for transportation

 
Asuncion
San Salvador
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.39
₲32,083
$3.98
SVC34.64
Monthly public transit pass $23.43
₲171,073
$21.74
SVC189.37
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $15,340.40
₲112,011,897
$18,000.00
SVC156,796.90

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pay 62.5% more for housing

 
Asuncion
San Salvador
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$24.25
₲177,090
$45.33
SVC394.90
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $399.23
₲2,915,049
$672.22
SVC5,855.69
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $298.29
₲2,178,009
$525.00
SVC4,573.24

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pay 29.2% more for childcare

 
Asuncion
San Salvador
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $156.19
₲1,140,485
$99.22
SVC864.32
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $2,231.33
₲16,292,640
$4,350.00
SVC37,892.58

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pay 21.1% more for entertainment and sports

 
Asuncion
San Salvador
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.39
₲10,183
$1.50
SVC13.07
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.32
₲16,963
$2.46
SVC21.47
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$1.88
₲13,747
$4.00
SVC34.84

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pay 22.9% more for clothing

 
Asuncion
San Salvador
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$38.87
₲283,848
$53.50
SVC466.04
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$31.15
₲227,418
$41.12
SVC358.24
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$74.77
₲545,977
$81.36
SVC708.75

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