Cost of living comparison

 Lebanon
compared to
 Paraguay
Paraguay vs. Lebanon Cost of Living Summary
Paraguay vs. Lebanon Cost Breakdown

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

pay 51.0% less for restaurants

 
Lebanon
Paraguay
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $7.00
LBP627,200
$3.28
PYG25,448
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$7.64
LBP684,454
$4.41
PYG34,149
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.59
LBP142,400
$0.80
PYG6,207

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pay 3.7% less for groceries

 
Lebanon
Paraguay
Bread
1 loaf
$0.62
LBP55,810
$0.64
PYG4,946
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.15
LBP372,213
$2.72
PYG21,042
Milk (1 gallon) $5.55
LBP497,671
$3.00
PYG23,257

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pay 34.8% less for transportation

 
Lebanon
Paraguay
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.49
LBP312,763
$3.51
PYG27,184
Monthly public transit pass $75.00
LBP6,720,000
$25.43
PYG197,014
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $26,250.00
LBP2,352,000,000
$14,874.44
PYG115,253,197

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pay 39.9% less for housing

 
Lebanon
Paraguay
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$31.88
LBP2,856,000
$16.38
PYG126,928
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $494.12
LBP44,272,941
$340.08
PYG2,635,062
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $254.69
LBP22,820,000
$261.33
PYG2,024,866

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pay 19.1% less for childcare

 
Lebanon
Paraguay
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $209.17
LBP18,741,333
$130.10
PYG1,008,055
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $3,055.56
LBP273,777,778
$3,042.69
PYG23,576,010

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pay 38.0% less for entertainment and sports

 
Lebanon
Paraguay
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $3.00
LBP268,800
$1.02
PYG7,881
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.90
LBP170,240
$1.65
PYG12,822
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$2.00
LBP179,200
$1.06
PYG8,209

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pay 31.3% less for clothing

 
Lebanon
Paraguay
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$56.56
LBP5,068,000
$50.60
PYG392,058
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$57.86
LBP5,184,000
$31.53
PYG244,297
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$93.23
LBP8,353,333
$70.98
PYG549,997

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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: July 2025
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