Edinburgh vs Guayaquil - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Guayaquil
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$925
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2456
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$364
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$743
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$311
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$514
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	88	47
😀 Quality of life	94	51
🏙️ Population	488K	2.65M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 131% more expensive than in Guayaquil. Cities ranked 1491st and 5905th ($2140 vs $925) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 2nd in the United Kingdom and Ecuador, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Ecuador comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.6 months in Guayaquil. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Guayaquil ranked 2nd in Ecuador, while ranked 34th and 6147th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Guayaquil

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	Edinburgh	Guayaquil
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$3.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$50.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$7.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$2.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$2.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$0.81
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$269
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$278
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$58.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$91.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$28.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	8.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$1009
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$2101
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$24.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$0.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$2.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$6.04
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$1.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$5.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$5.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.14
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$7.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$38.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$9.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$292
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$5836

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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