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Asunción

Paraguay
7.10of 10
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Comparing with

Buenos Aires

Argentina
6.19partial score: 13 of 15
+ 3rd place
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Result
Buenos Aires wins 3 of 5

The biggest gap is in currency strength.

FinancialBuenos Aires+0.27.5 × 7.7
SafetyAsunción+0.67.0 × 6.4
CurrencyAsunción+4.56.8 × 2.3
QualityBuenos Aires+0.26.7 × 6.9
IntegrationBuenos Aires+0.67.4 × 8.0

Criterion by criterion

The 15 sub-criteria. The stronger bar belongs to the winner.
AsunciónBuenos Aires
Financial environmentweight 30%
8.0
Tax burden
9.0
7.0
Cost of living
—
7.0
Ease of doing business
5.0
8.0
Investment returns
—
Stability and safetyweight 25%
8.0
Entry and residence
6.0
6.0
Political and social stability
6.0
7.0
Personal and property safety
8.0
Currency strengthweight 20%
7.0
Currency stability
1.0
6.0
Strength against the dollar
1.0
7.0
Purchasing power
6.0
Quality of lifeweight 15%
6.0
Infrastructure and services
6.0
7.0
Culture and lifestyle
7.0
8.0
Environmental quality
9.0
Cultural integrationweight 10%
7.0
Language and communication
8.0
8.0
Communities and support networks
8.0

Your money in both places

1 person, including rent
Your monthly income US$ if you kept the same income (remote work or retirement)
Asunción
your income
US$ 968
Buenos Aires
US$ 810
RentGroceriesTransportHealthUtilitiesLeisure
In Asunción, left overUS$ 485a month
In Buenos Aires, left overUS$ 642a month

How much of your work each thing costs

In hours of work, with your income and 40 hours a week.

AsunciónBuenos Aires
0h20h40h60hRent47.7 × 70.1Groceries32.8 × 18.6Health11.9 × 7.9

Taxes

For an income of US$ 1,453 a month

Days of the year working for taxes

Asunción
75 days
Buenos Aires
101 days
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Buenos Aires: no sourced tax on purchases

Buenos Aires takes more tax than Asunción. See next to it how much comes back as services.

What the State costs you

AsunciónBuenos Aires
Income tax and social security17%28%
Tax on purchases3%—
Paid twice (health insurance)7%5%
Total cost of the State27%32%

Paid twice: the health insurance you pay on top of taxes. Tax on purchases: the consumption tax rate applied to groceries, transport, utilities and leisure in the cost-of-living basket. Computed without deductions, with each place's official table and the Central Bank of Brazil exchange rate. In Rikezas it uses your real spending.

Sources: dnit.gov.py (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · abc.com.py (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · Análise estruturada por país: Paraguai (Jonatas Ramos Silva) · arca.gob.ar (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · argentina.gob.ar (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · yo-facturo.com (pesquisa conferida) ↗ · prepagaya.com.ar (pesquisa conferida) ↗

Everyday life

What matters day to day
Language
AsunciónSpanish and Guarani
Buenos AiresSpanish
Currency
AsunciónPYG
Buenos AiresARS
Time zone
AsunciónUTC-3
Buenos AiresUTC-3
Population
Asunción464,185 (2025)
Buenos Aires3,121,707 (2022)

Compare with YOUR real life

Connect Rikezas: your real spending, your real taxes and the year you reach financial independence in each place.

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