Guayaquil vs Kumasi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guayaquil	Kumasi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$925	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2456	$1301
🏠 One person rent	$364	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$743	$412
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$49.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$514	$313
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	47	38
😀 Quality of life	51	34
🏙️ Population	2.65M	444K

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 114% more expensive than in Kumasi. Cities ranked 5905th and 8890th ($925 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 9th in Ecuador and Ghana, respectively. Check Ecuador vs Ghana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guayaquil compared to 0.7 months in Kumasi. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Kumasi ranked 4th in Ghana, while ranked 6147th and 7682nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guayaquil vs Kumasi

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	Guayaquil	Kumasi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.01	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.4	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.98	$6.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.52	$0.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.81	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$269	$67.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$83.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$510	$228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$372
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.9	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.4	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.36%	24.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1009	$4001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2101	$2470
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.66	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$5.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$1.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.99	$0.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$4.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$1.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.57	$7.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$7.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.57	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$28.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$64
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5836	$5465

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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 Kumasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Obuasi	$551
163 km or 101 mi	Koforidua	$588
197 km or 122 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Accra	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Ashaiman	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Abengourou	$889
210 km or 130 mi	Tema	$553
231 km or 143 mi	Ho	$354
237 km or 147 mi	Hohoe	$575
249 km or 155 mi	Kpalime	$632
286 km or 178 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
299 km or 186 mi	Agboville	$882
306 km or 190 mi	Abidjan	$1022
314 km or 195 mi	Tamale	$507
317 km or 197 mi	Atakpame	$647
320 km or 199 mi	Lome	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Dabou	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
393 km or 244 mi	Bouake	$937
396 km or 246 mi	Sokode	$651
402 km or 250 mi	Abomey	$590
404 km or 251 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
424 km or 263 mi	Divo	$906
444 km or 276 mi	Kara	$658
447 km or 278 mi	Cotonou	$709
468 km or 291 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
477 km or 296 mi	Save	$613
481 km or 299 mi	Gagnoa	$904
494 km or 307 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Korhogo	$916
551 km or 342 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
555 km or 345 mi	Lagos	$1113
557 km or 346 mi	Manga	$774
580 km or 360 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
616 km or 383 mi	Ibadan	$776
624 km or 388 mi	Koudougou	$743
625 km or 389 mi	Oyo	$677
631 km or 392 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
635 km or 395 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
674 km or 419 mi	Dedougou	$735