Cost of living comparison

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Asuncion is 13.3% more expensive than Freetown.

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

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pay 18.4% less for restaurants

 
Freetown
Asuncion
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.00
SLL62,908
$4.13
PYG32,247
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.00
SLL209,695
$4.58
PYG35,720
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.03
SLL21,591
$0.88
PYG6,897

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pay 37.7% less for groceries

 
Freetown
Asuncion
Bread
1 loaf
$0.50
SLL10,485
$0.67
PYG5,240
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $3.12
PYG24,351
Milk (1 gallon) $7.57
SLL158,756
$3.15
PYG24,580

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pay 6.9% less for transportation

 
Freetown
Asuncion
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.83
SLL101,357
$3.51
PYG27,381
Monthly public transit pass ?? $25.43
PYG198,445
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $12,000.00
SLL251,634,000
$14,874.44
PYG116,090,095

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pay 71.5% less for housing

 
Freetown
Asuncion
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$100.00
SLL2,096,950
$16.94
PYG132,186
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,361.67
SLL28,553,469
$425.89
PYG3,323,947
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $978.33
SLL20,515,161
$339.02
PYG2,645,928

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pay (unknown) more for childcare

 
Freetown
Asuncion
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly ?? $179.26
PYG1,399,034
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters ?? $3,864.81
PYG30,163,580

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pay 25.0% less for entertainment and sports

 
Freetown
Asuncion
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.50
SLL31,454
$1.33
PYG10,418
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.74
SLL36,435
$2.00
PYG15,594
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.00
SLL62,908
$1.27
PYG9,922

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pay 3.4 times more for clothing

 
Freetown
Asuncion
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$10.00
SLL209,695
$50.60
PYG394,905
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$8.00
SLL167,756
$31.53
PYG246,071
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$20.00
SLL419,390
$70.98
PYG553,991

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