Barcelona vs Guayaquil - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Guayaquil
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$925
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2456
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$364
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$743
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$514
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	98	47
😀 Quality of life	87	51
🏙️ Population	1.7M	2.65M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 99% more expensive than in Guayaquil. Cities ranked 2276th and 5905th ($1841 vs $925) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 2nd in Spain and Ecuador, respectively. Check Spain vs Ecuador comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.6 months in Guayaquil. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Guayaquil ranked 2nd in Ecuador, while ranked 270th and 6147th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Guayaquil

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	Barcelona	Guayaquil
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$3.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$50.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$7.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$2.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$2.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$0.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$269
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$58.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$91.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	8.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$1009
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$2101
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$24.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$2.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$6.04
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$5.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$7.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$38.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$9.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$5836

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

Cities near Guayaquil

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Duran	$806
33 km or 21 mi	Milagro	$697
58 km or 36 mi	Babahoyo	$823
104 km or 65 mi	Montanita	$766
113 km or 70 mi	La Libertad	$816
121 km or 75 mi	Machala	$569
126 km or 78 mi	Cuenca	$758
137 km or 85 mi	Quevedo	$651
141 km or 87 mi	Portoviejo	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Riobamba	$538
165 km or 103 mi	Manta	$990
166 km or 103 mi	Tumbes	$463
175 km or 109 mi	Ambato	$573
215 km or 133 mi	Loja	$600
229 km or 142 mi	Santo Domingo	$532
250 km or 155 mi	Mancora	$505
267 km or 166 mi	Quito	$884
308 km or 191 mi	Talara	$513
315 km or 196 mi	Sullana	$505
344 km or 214 mi	Ibarra	$519
345 km or 215 mi	Piura	$565
348 km or 216 mi	Paita	$518
349 km or 217 mi	Esmeraldas	$610
409 km or 254 mi	Jaen	$548
418 km or 259 mi	Ipiales	$531
461 km or 286 mi	Tumaco	$571
476 km or 296 mi	Pasto	$514
502 km or 312 mi	Chachapoyas	$549
509 km or 316 mi	Chiclayo	$598
574 km or 357 mi	Cajamarca	$549
617 km or 383 mi	Tarapoto	$562
630 km or 392 mi	Popayan	$477
635 km or 395 mi	Florencia	$410
666 km or 414 mi	Trujillo	$714
729 km or 453 mi	Cali	$748
745 km or 463 mi	Buenaventura	$742
751 km or 466 mi	Palmira	$666
756 km or 470 mi	Iquitos	$694
764 km or 475 mi	Neiva	$557
779 km or 484 mi	Chimbote	$504