Georgetown vs Leon - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Georgetown	Leon
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1151	$815
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3139	$1884
🏠 One person rent	$493	$307
🏘️ Family rent	$849	$437
🍽️ Food expenses	$492	$343
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.1	$89.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1107	$524
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	24	30
😀 Quality of life	58	41
🏙️ Population	235K	1.58M

The cost of living in Georgetown is 41% more expensive than in Leon. Cities ranked 4824th and 6610th ($1151 vs $815) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 116th in Guyana and Mexico, respectively. Check Guyana vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Georgetown compared to 0.6 months in Leon. Georgetown ranked 1st best city to live in Guyana vs Leon ranked 62nd in Mexico, while ranked 6094th and 7634th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Georgetown vs Leon

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	Georgetown	Leon
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.87	$11.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$54.5	$15
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.62	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.08	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$4.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.18	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$669	$492
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$316	$205
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1231	$696
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$581	$301
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.1	$24.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$88.6	$37.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.2	$19.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.57%	11.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3437	$1730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1313	$1236
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.58	$0.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31.2	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.5	$7.93
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.18	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$0.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.36	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.74	$8.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.08	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.89	$2.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$1.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.99	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.17	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.5	$10.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$3.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.54	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.51	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$32.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.19	$4.46
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.9	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$46	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$70.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1015	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23245	$2924

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Cities near Georgetown

Distance	City	Cost of living
88 km or 55 mi	Linden	$1201
93 km or 58 mi	New Amsterdam	$1199
161 km or 100 mi	Nieuw Nickerie	$858
347 km or 216 mi	Paramaribo	$881
479 km or 298 mi	Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni	$1885
487 km or 302 mi	Upata	$784
496 km or 308 mi	Tucupita	$764
521 km or 324 mi	Boa Vista	$692
524 km or 326 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$889
532 km or 331 mi	San Fernando	$1007
547 km or 340 mi	Chaguanas	$1079
561 km or 349 mi	San Juan	$1213
565 km or 351 mi	Scarborough	$1111
567 km or 353 mi	Port of Spain	$1248
612 km or 380 mi	Ciudad Bolivar	$868
637 km or 396 mi	Kourou	$1934
643 km or 399 mi	Maturin	$838
677 km or 421 mi	Cayenne	$1931
704 km or 438 mi	St. George's	$1075
704 km or 438 mi	Grenville	$1076
706 km or 438 mi	Carupano	$697
711 km or 442 mi	El Tigre	$736
720 km or 447 mi	Bridgetown	$1352
730 km or 454 mi	Holetown	$1463
737 km or 458 mi	Cantaura	$674
753 km or 468 mi	Anaco	$642
775 km or 482 mi	Cumana	$688
778 km or 483 mi	Porlamar	$610
783 km or 487 mi	La Asuncion	$638
785 km or 488 mi	Kingstown	$988
792 km or 492 mi	Georgetown	$988
805 km or 500 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$696
808 km or 502 mi	Barcelona	$908
812 km or 504 mi	Lecheria	$760
830 km or 516 mi	Vieux Fort	$1196
837 km or 520 mi	Zaraza	$803
861 km or 535 mi	Castries	$1169
905 km or 562 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$774
926 km or 575 mi	Fort-de-France	$1741
966 km or 600 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$811

Cities near Leon

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 13 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
33 km or 20 mi	Silao	$832
37 km or 23 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
45 km or 28 mi	Guanajuato	$753
60 km or 38 mi	Irapuato	$860
79 km or 49 mi	Salamanca	$896
100 km or 62 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
103 km or 64 mi	Cortazar	$846
106 km or 66 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
111 km or 69 mi	Celaya	$764
116 km or 72 mi	Yuriria	$894
131 km or 81 mi	La Barca	$913
136 km or 84 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
141 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
145 km or 90 mi	Zacapu	$1030
147 km or 91 mi	Queretaro	$1184
166 km or 103 mi	Morelia	$873
176 km or 110 mi	Rioverde	$943
178 km or 110 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
180 km or 112 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
183 km or 114 mi	Zapopan	$1162
193 km or 120 mi	Uruapan	$873
193 km or 120 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
206 km or 128 mi	Zacatecas	$615
236 km or 147 mi	Apatzingan	$861
243 km or 151 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
251 km or 156 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
259 km or 161 mi	Fresnillo	$803
292 km or 181 mi	Ciudad Valles	$936
293 km or 182 mi	Toluca	$926
299 km or 186 mi	Colima	$749
305 km or 189 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
307 km or 190 mi	Zumpango	$868
307 km or 191 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
309 km or 192 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
310 km or 193 mi	Tultepec	$851
313 km or 195 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
314 km or 195 mi	Naucalpan	$908
318 km or 197 mi	Autlan	$1058
322 km or 200 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777