Guayaquil vs Houston - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guayaquil	Houston
🚶 Cost of living one person	$925	$2265
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2456	$5664
🏠 One person rent	$364	$1305
🏘️ Family rent	$743	$2467
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$581
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$212
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$514	$4390
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	47	100
😀 Quality of life	51	91
🏙️ Population	2.65M	2.3M

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 59% less expensive than in Houston. Cities ranked 5905th and 1229th ($925 vs $2265) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1115th in Ecuador and the United States, respectively. Check Ecuador vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guayaquil compared to 1.9 months in Houston. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Houston ranked 14th in the United States, while ranked 6147th and 97th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Guayaquil vs Houston 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/guayaquil/houston.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Guayaquil vs Houston infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/guayaquil/houston" target="_blank">Guayaquil vs Houston - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Guayaquil vs Houston

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

	Guayaquil	Houston
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.01	$17.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.4	$76
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.98	$10.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$5.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.52	$5.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.81	$2.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$269	$1390
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$1037
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$510	$2766
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$2058
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.9	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.4	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$65.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.36%	6.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1009	$2714
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2101	$1949
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$71.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.66	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$11.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$16.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.99	$9.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$5.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$3.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$37.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.57	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$127
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.57	$21.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$50.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$1470
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5836	$18964

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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

Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2182
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2108
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2087
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2196
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2028
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2093
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2097
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2232
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2311
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2065
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2056
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2107
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2698
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2014
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1799
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1855
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2089
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$2089
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1853
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1944
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1907
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1878
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2215
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$2037
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1986
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1510
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2218
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2455
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2163
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2134
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2223
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2192
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2224
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2244
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2182
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2260
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2230
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$2044
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2182