Guatemala City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guatemala City	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1070	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$503	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$971	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$383	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.1	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$457	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	55	96
😀 Quality of life	50	74
🏙️ Population	1.21M	13.1M

The cost of living in Guatemala City is 14% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5029th and 4359th ($1070 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Guatemala and Russia, respectively. Check Guatemala vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Guatemala City compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Guatemala City ranked 1st best city to live in Guatemala vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6217th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Guatemala City vs Moscow infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/guatemala-city/moscow.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Guatemala City vs Moscow infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/guatemala-city/moscow" target="_blank">Guatemala City vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Guatemala City vs Moscow

Prices for goods and services in Guatemala City and Moscow are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Guatemala City	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.19	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.46	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$610	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1350	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$730	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.7	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.34%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1636	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1002	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.17	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.77	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.29	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.55	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.63	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.92	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.73	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.62	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.66	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.93	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.5	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.73	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.4	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$214	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5937	$12252

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Guatemala City

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Mixco	$653
13 km or 7.9 mi	San Miguel Petapa	$941
58 km or 36 mi	Jalapa	$936
69 km or 43 mi	Panajachel	$819
99 km or 61 mi	Coban	$916
105 km or 65 mi	Mazatenango	$886
106 km or 66 mi	Ahuachapan	$1449
107 km or 66 mi	Momostenango	$881
109 km or 68 mi	Quetzaltenango	$784
128 km or 79 mi	Santa Ana	$698
132 km or 82 mi	Sonsonate	$884
169 km or 105 mi	Santa Tecla	$1194
170 km or 106 mi	Apopa	$1160
171 km or 106 mi	Mejicanos	$1175
175 km or 109 mi	Soyapango	$1182
176 km or 109 mi	San Salvador	$1204
190 km or 118 mi	Tapachula	$632
264 km or 164 mi	Usulutan	$1083
267 km or 166 mi	Flores	$878
281 km or 174 mi	Villanueva	$897
282 km or 175 mi	San Miguel	$1088
285 km or 177 mi	San Pedro Sula	$1047
294 km or 183 mi	Choloma	$719
295 km or 183 mi	La Lima	$897
306 km or 190 mi	El Progreso	$903
310 km or 193 mi	Comayagua	$753
310 km or 193 mi	Puerto Cortes	$788
323 km or 201 mi	San Ignacio	$1034
327 km or 203 mi	San Cristobal de las Casas	$667
349 km or 217 mi	Belmopan	$973
362 km or 225 mi	Tegucigalpa	$863
366 km or 227 mi	Tuxtla Gutierrez	$619
369 km or 229 mi	Yoro	$755
371 km or 230 mi	Balancan	$728
407 km or 253 mi	Belize City	$883
422 km or 262 mi	La Ceiba	$626
428 km or 266 mi	Chinandega	$638
439 km or 273 mi	Caye Caulker	$1581
454 km or 282 mi	Villahermosa	$869
459 km or 285 mi	San Pedro Town	$1358

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592