Cost of living comparison

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

compared to

Asuncion, Paraguay

Asuncion vs. Bishkek Cost of Living Summary

Asuncion is 9.6% more expensive than Bishkek.

Restaurants: pay 8.7% more in Asuncion
Groceries: pay 16.2% more in Asuncion
Transportation: pay 77.2% more in Asuncion
Housing: pay 18.4% more in Asuncion
Childcare: pay 29.7% less in Asuncion
Entertainment and Sports: pay 5.4% less in Asuncion
Clothing: pay 18.3% less in Asuncion

The cost of transportation, housing, groceries, and restaurants in Asuncion are more expensive than in Bishkek. Expenses including childcare, clothing, and entertainment and sports are lower in Asuncion. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Asuncion.

Asuncion vs. Bishkek Cost Breakdown

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

Display currency: USD

pay 8.7% more for restaurants

	Bishkek	Asuncion
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.80 KGS506.48	$4.13 PYG33,048	-28.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.68 KGS496.35	$4.58 PYG36,607	-19.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.68 KGS59.05	$0.88 PYG7,068	+30.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.33 KGS28.93	$0.51 PYG4,040	+52.4%
Average			+8.7%

Bishkek vs. Asuncion - Cost of restaurants

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 16.2% more for groceries

	Bishkek	Asuncion
Bread 1 loaf	$0.48 KGS41.72	$0.67 PYG5,370	+40.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.14 KGS448.74	$3.12 PYG24,956	-39.3%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.25 KGS283.40	$3.15 PYG25,191	-3.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.76 KGS153.44	$1.75 PYG13,981	-0.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.41 KGS210.84	$1.46 PYG11,716	-39.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.47 KGS41.16	$0.91 PYG7,311	+93.9%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.85 KGS74.27	$0.32 PYG2,591	-61.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.94 KGS82.40	$0.43 PYG3,409	-54.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.90 KGS78.80	$0.73 PYG5,869	-18.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.23 KGS19.85	$0.49 PYG3,932	+116.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.24 KGS20.97	$0.59 PYG4,705	+145.0%
Average			+16.2%

Bishkek vs. Asuncion - Cost of groceries

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 77.2% more for transportation

	Bishkek	Asuncion
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.90 KGS253.62	$3.51 PYG28,061	+20.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$7.54 KGS658.43	$25.43 PYG203,374	+237.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$39,443.16 KGS3,444,073.78	$14,874.44 PYG118,973,698	-62.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.18 KGS364.67	$8.90 PYG71,181	+113.1%
Average			+77.2%

Bishkek vs. Asuncion - Cost of transportation

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 18.4% more for housing

	Bishkek	Asuncion
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.05 KGS1,051.88	$16.94 PYG135,470	+40.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$474.69 KGS41,448.33	$425.89 PYG3,406,512	-10.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$353.07 KGS30,828.86	$339.02 PYG2,711,651	-4.0%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$23.19 KGS2,024.84	$34.20 PYG273,552	+47.5%
Average			+18.4%

Bishkek vs. Asuncion - Cost of housing

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 29.7% less for childcare

	Bishkek	Asuncion
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$230.15 KGS20,096.06	$179.26 PYG1,433,786	-22.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,168.50 KGS538,617.69	$3,864.81 PYG30,912,824	-37.3%
Average			-29.7%

Bishkek vs. Asuncion - Cost of childcare

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 5.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Bishkek	Asuncion
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.16 KGS101.30	$1.33 PYG10,677	+15.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.06 KGS179.52	$2.00 PYG15,981	-2.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$1.56 KGS136.24	$1.27 PYG10,169	-18.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$43.01 KGS3,755.13	$26.82 PYG214,559	-37.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$4.35 KGS379.86	$5.09 PYG40,675	+16.9%
Average			-5.4%

Bishkek vs. Asuncion - Cost of entertainment and sports

Improve prices · Change currency (USD)

pay 18.3% less for clothing

	Bishkek	Asuncion
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$40.60 KGS3,545.37	$50.60 PYG404,714	+24.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.86 KGS3,393.43	$31.53 PYG252,184	-18.9%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$103.88 KGS9,070.62	$70.98 PYG567,752	-31.7%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$96.67 KGS8,441.36	$50.85 PYG406,748	-47.4%
Average			-18.3%

Bishkek 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: April 2025

More cost comparisons

Bishkek vs.

Dodoma

Bishkek vs.

Kiev

Bishkek vs.

Vienna

Bishkek vs.

London

Bishkek vs.

Algiers

Bishkek vs.

Quito

Bishkek vs.

Mexico City

Bishkek vs.

Hong Kong

Share this

Compare countries by overall cost of living

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

Add prices for Asuncion

ASK THE ELSEWHERE COMMUNITY

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