Guayaquil vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guayaquil	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1006	$918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2484	$2272
🏠 One person rent	$452	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$620
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$87.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$582	$488
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	46	47
😀 Quality of life	56	68
🏙️ Population	2.65M	2.49M

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 10% more expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 5530th and 6118th ($1006 vs $918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Ecuador and Cuba, respectively. Check Ecuador vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guayaquil compared to 0.5 months in Havana. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 6218th and 4455th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guayaquil vs Havana

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	Guayaquil	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.51	$4.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.1	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.07	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.54	$1.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$2.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$620	$409
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.2	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$33.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$74.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	9.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1245	$398
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1673	$509
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.3	$6.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$5.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$5.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$9.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$5.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$8.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.94	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.93	$5.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$2.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$37.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.75	$0.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46	$63.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$35.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$34.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$75.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$340	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6540	$8426

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Cities near Guayaquil

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Duran	$869
33 km or 21 mi	Milagro	$745
58 km or 36 mi	Babahoyo	$841
104 km or 65 mi	Montanita	$728
113 km or 70 mi	La Libertad	$712
121 km or 75 mi	Machala	$587
126 km or 78 mi	Cuenca	$780
137 km or 85 mi	Quevedo	$649
141 km or 87 mi	Portoviejo	$776
148 km or 92 mi	Riobamba	$509
165 km or 103 mi	Manta	$859
166 km or 103 mi	Tumbes	$582
175 km or 109 mi	Ambato	$542
215 km or 133 mi	Loja	$601
229 km or 142 mi	Santo Domingo	$598
250 km or 155 mi	Mancora	$656
267 km or 166 mi	Quito	$882
308 km or 191 mi	Talara	$704
315 km or 196 mi	Sullana	$596
344 km or 214 mi	Ibarra	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Piura	$648
348 km or 216 mi	Paita	$638
349 km or 217 mi	Esmeraldas	$606
409 km or 254 mi	Jaen	$609
418 km or 259 mi	Ipiales	$604
461 km or 286 mi	Tumaco	$622
476 km or 296 mi	Pasto	$608
502 km or 312 mi	Chachapoyas	$598
509 km or 316 mi	Chiclayo	$667
574 km or 357 mi	Cajamarca	$589
617 km or 383 mi	Tarapoto	$607
630 km or 392 mi	Popayan	$572
635 km or 395 mi	Florencia	$489
666 km or 414 mi	Trujillo	$730
729 km or 453 mi	Cali	$759
745 km or 463 mi	Buenaventura	$782
751 km or 466 mi	Palmira	$693
756 km or 470 mi	Iquitos	$748
764 km or 475 mi	Neiva	$565
779 km or 484 mi	Chimbote	$531

Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1064
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1014
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1164
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1157
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1114
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1057
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$3002
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$855
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1146
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1154
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1097
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3343
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1221
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2905
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2885
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2818
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2774
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2649
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2846
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2622
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2545
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3178
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2543
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2471
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2548
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2588
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2839
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2726
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2788
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2977
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2773
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2813
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2795
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2598
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2794
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2845
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2741
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$3076
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2854