Cost of living comparison

 North Carolina, USA
compared to
Paraguay vs. North Carolina Cost of Living Summary
Paraguay vs. North Carolina Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Paraguay instead of North Carolina, you would:

pay 68.6% less for restaurants

 
North Carolina
Paraguay
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $16.06
 
$3.28
PYG26,253
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.06
 
$4.41
PYG35,230
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.31
 
$0.80
PYG6,403

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pay 63.3% less for groceries

 
North Carolina
Paraguay
Bread
1 loaf
$3.48
 
$0.64
PYG5,102
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.25
 
$2.72
PYG21,708
Milk (1 gallon) $3.46
 
$3.00
PYG23,993

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pay 38.4% less for transportation

 
North Carolina
Paraguay
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.19
 
$3.51
PYG28,044
Monthly public transit pass $53.89
 
$25.43
PYG203,249
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $34,400.31
 
$14,874.44
PYG118,900,719

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pay 78.2% less for housing

 
North Carolina
Paraguay
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$72.47
 
$16.38
PYG130,945
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,527.81
 
$340.08
PYG2,718,457
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,294.23
 
$261.33
PYG2,088,949

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pay 88.8% less for childcare

 
North Carolina
Paraguay
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,254.70
 
$130.10
PYG1,039,958
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $25,128.75
 
$3,042.69
PYG24,322,141

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pay 69.7% less for entertainment and sports

 
North Carolina
Paraguay
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.09
 
$1.02
PYG8,130
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.89
 
$1.65
PYG13,228
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$7.33
 
$1.06
PYG8,469

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pay 21.6% less for clothing

 
North Carolina
Paraguay
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$49.88
 
$50.60
PYG404,466
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$37.28
 
$31.53
PYG252,029
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$86.65
 
$70.98
PYG567,404

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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: May 2025
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