Cost of living comparison

compared to

Asuncion vs. Santiago Cost of Living Summary

Asuncion is 33.0% cheaper than Santiago.

Restaurants: pay 46.5% less in Asuncion
Groceries: pay 27.1% less in Asuncion
Transportation: pay 31.2% less in Asuncion
Housing: pay 31.6% less in Asuncion
Childcare: pay 60.5% less in Asuncion
Entertainment and Sports: pay 33.8% less in Asuncion
Clothing: pay 0.1% less in Asuncion

Expenses including childcare, restaurants, entertainment and sports, housing, transportation, and groceries are lower in Asuncion.

Asuncion vs. Santiago Cost Breakdown

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

Display currency: USD

pay 46.5% less for restaurants

	Santiago	Asuncion
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.50 CLF0.2400	$5.00 PYG32,255	-52.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.10 CLF0.1900	$5.39 PYG34,796	-33.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.61 CLF0.0400	$0.89 PYG5,741	-44.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.16 CLF0.0300	$0.52 PYG3,353	-55.3%
Average			-46.5%

Santiago vs. Asuncion - Cost of restaurants

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 27.1% less for groceries

	Santiago	Asuncion
Bread 1 loaf	$1.55 CLF0.0400	$1.13 PYG7,311	-26.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.13 CLF0.1200	$3.98 PYG25,671	-22.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.52 CLF0.1100	$3.71 PYG23,922	-18.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$4.01 CLF0.0900	$1.81 PYG11,696	-54.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.00 CLF0.0700	$1.67 PYG10,764	-44.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.91 CLF0.0200	$1.03 PYG6,651	+13.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.70 CLF0.0200	$0.41 PYG2,659	-41.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.92 CLF0.0200	$0.45 PYG2,888	-51.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.84 CLF0.0200	$0.85 PYG5,509	+1.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.79 CLF0.0200	$0.54 PYG3,487	-31.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.74 CLF0.0200	$0.57 PYG3,680	-23.3%
Average			-27.1%

Santiago vs. Asuncion - Cost of groceries

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 31.2% less for transportation

	Santiago	Asuncion
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.23 CLF0.1200	$3.61 PYG23,280	-30.9%
Monthly public transit pass	$41.99 CLF0.9800	$28.58 PYG184K	-31.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$19,201.90 CLF446.0400	$15,411.13 PYG99M	-19.7%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.86 CLF0.3000	$7.41 PYG47,810	-42.4%
Average			-31.2%

Santiago vs. Asuncion - Cost of transportation

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 31.6% less for housing

	Santiago	Asuncion
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$21.76 CLF0.5100	$17.71 PYG114K	-18.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$502.56 CLF11.6700	$437.82 PYG3M	-12.9%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$424.00 CLF9.8500	$320.48 PYG2M	-24.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$107.40 CLF2.4900	$31.70 PYG204K	-70.5%
Average			-31.6%

Santiago vs. Asuncion - Cost of housing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 60.5% less for childcare

	Santiago	Asuncion
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$431.25 CLF10.0200	$163.92 PYG1M	-62.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,923.79 CLF207.2900	$3,652.44 PYG24M	-59.1%
Average			-60.5%

Santiago vs. Asuncion - Cost of childcare

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 33.8% less for entertainment and sports

	Santiago	Asuncion
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.15 CLF0.0700	$1.40 PYG9,038	-55.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.09 CLF0.0700	$2.19 PYG14,119	-29.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.56 CLF0.1300	$1.68 PYG10,845	-69.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$32.24 CLF0.7500	$29.39 PYG190K	-8.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.30 CLF0.1500	$5.95 PYG38,411	-5.5%
Average			-33.8%

Santiago vs. Asuncion - Cost of entertainment and sports

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 0.1% less for clothing

	Santiago	Asuncion
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$53.82 CLF1.2500	$55.16 PYG356K	+2.5%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$30.77 CLF0.7100	$37.83 PYG244K	+22.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$73.54 CLF1.7100	$78.06 PYG504K	+6.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$81.13 CLF1.8800	$55.34 PYG357K	-31.8%
Average			-0.1%

Santiago vs. Asuncion - Cost of clothing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

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

More cost comparisons

Santiago vs.

Algiers

Santiago vs.

Moscow

Santiago vs.

Quito

Santiago vs.

Ankara

Santiago vs.

Vienna

Santiago vs.

Warsaw

Santiago vs.

Dodoma

Santiago vs.

Kiev

Share this

Compare countries by overall cost of living

See the cost of living in Chile vs. Paraguay. This provides a comparison of the average cost of living from cities within Chile and Paraguay.

Help us improve these prices

MyLifeElsewhere is a collaborative project. Please enter price information for your location to help assist us in making these comparisons more accurate. Learn more

Add prices for Santiago

Add prices for Asuncion

Ask the Elsewhere Community

Join the Elsewhere community and ask a question about Asuncion or Santiago. It's a free, question-and-answer based forum to discuss what life is like in countries and cities around the world.