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Paraguay vs. Nigeria Cost of Living Summary

Paraguay is 17.4% more expensive than Nigeria overall.

Restaurants: pay 49.8% more in Paraguay
Groceries: pay 29.1% less in Paraguay
Transportation: pay 10.7% less in Paraguay
Housing: pay 31.1% less in Paraguay
Childcare: pay 74.5% more in Paraguay
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.5% less in Paraguay
Clothing: pay 71.0% more in Paraguay

The cost of childcare, clothing, and restaurants in Paraguay are more expensive than in Nigeria. Expenses including housing, groceries, transportation, and entertainment and sports are lower in Paraguay.

Paraguay vs. Nigeria Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Paraguay instead of Nigeria, you would:

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pay 49.8% more for restaurants

	Nigeria	Paraguay
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$2.57 NGN3,715.87	$4.00 PYG27,905	+55.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$4.75 NGN6,872.31	$5.16 PYG35,985	+8.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.45 NGN655.69	$0.83 PYG5,765	+82.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.32 NGN462.19	$0.49 PYG3,393	+52.3%
Average			+49.8%

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pay 29.1% less for groceries

	Nigeria	Paraguay
Bread 1 loaf	$1.26 NGN1,816.80	$1.04 PYG7,229	-17.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.59 NGN3,743.90	$3.49 PYG24,338	+34.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$10.63 NGN15,384.30	$3.52 PYG24,542	-66.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.75 NGN2,531.25	$1.81 PYG12,597	+3.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$1.95 NGN2,816.32	$1.51 PYG10,518	-22.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.42 NGN2,057.94	$0.94 PYG6,566	-33.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.78 NGN1,126.94	$0.41 PYG2,825	-48.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.69 NGN1,005.01	$0.40 PYG2,813	-41.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.85 NGN1,223.56	$0.73 PYG5,115	-13.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.04 NGN1,511.37	$0.46 PYG3,184	-56.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 NGN1,435.43	$0.41 PYG2,855	-58.7%
Average			-29.1%

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pay 10.7% less for transportation

	Nigeria	Paraguay
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.73 NGN3,951.74	$3.61 PYG25,165	+32.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$32.19 NGN46,586.64	$28.58 PYG199,299	-11.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$22,671.83 NGN32,809,994.43	$15,411.13 PYG107,465,114	-32.0%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$10.86 NGN15,715.86	$7.41 PYG51,681	-31.8%
Average			-10.7%

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pay 31.1% less for housing

	Nigeria	Paraguay
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.67 NGN44,381.13	$16.79 PYG117,061	-45.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$764.80 NGN1,106,799.48	$394.03 PYG2,747,688	-48.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$524.95 NGN759,687.25	$298.30 PYG2,080,101	-43.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$24.50 NGN35,452.58	$27.56 PYG192,175	+12.5%
Average			-31.1%

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pay 74.5% more for childcare

	Nigeria	Paraguay
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$83.50 NGN120,835.37	$120.95 PYG843,438	+44.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$1,445.58 NGN2,091,994.21	$2,948.66 PYG20,561,659	+104.0%
Average			+74.5%

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pay 2.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Nigeria	Paraguay
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$0.90 NGN1,302.73	$1.33 PYG9,281	+47.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.33 NGN3,371.89	$1.82 PYG12,686	-21.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.55 NGN2,242.96	$1.26 PYG8,793	-18.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$30.46 NGN44,076.85	$26.69 PYG186,099	-12.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$5.94 NGN8,596.83	$5.49 PYG38,264	-7.6%
Average			-2.5%

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pay 71.0% more for clothing

	Nigeria	Paraguay
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$17.42 NGN25,214.76	$55.16 PYG384,676	+216.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$29.27 NGN42,355.35	$37.83 PYG263,778	+29.2%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$55.68 NGN80,579.91	$78.06 PYG544,304	+40.2%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$56.56 NGN81,849.95	$55.34 PYG385,897	-2.2%
Average			+71.0%

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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: December 2025

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