Guayaquil vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Guayaquil	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$910	$2681
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2330	$6051
🏠 One person rent	$375	$1825
🏘️ Family rent	$692	$3146
🍽️ Food expenses	$307	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$131	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$567	$4933
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	47	94
😀 Quality of life	58	77
🏙️ Population	2.65M	467K

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 66% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 6095th and 464th ($910 vs $2681) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 406th 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 1.8 months in Long Beach. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Long Beach ranked 181st in the United States, while ranked 5554th and 769th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guayaquil vs Long Beach

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	Guayaquil	Long Beach
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.82	$16.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.6	$61.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.5	$11.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.77	$6.81
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$5.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.83	$2.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$1953
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$274	$1605
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$608	$3294
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$571	$2861
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.1	$87.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.5	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$30.6	$63.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.29%	6.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1130	$7038
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1872	$6988
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$74
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.9	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.44	$3.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.35	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.87	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.77	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$4.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$4.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.25	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$2.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.55	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.76	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.64	$7.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.22	$4.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.13	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$41.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.15	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.4	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.01	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.3	$45.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$269	$1485
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6982	$21877

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Cities near Guayaquil

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Duran	$808
33 km or 21 mi	Milagro	$722
58 km or 36 mi	Babahoyo	$827
104 km or 65 mi	Montanita	$761
113 km or 70 mi	La Libertad	$813
121 km or 75 mi	Machala	$594
126 km or 78 mi	Cuenca	$770
137 km or 85 mi	Quevedo	$651
141 km or 87 mi	Portoviejo	$760
148 km or 92 mi	Riobamba	$545
165 km or 103 mi	Manta	$870
166 km or 103 mi	Tumbes	$454
175 km or 109 mi	Ambato	$574
215 km or 133 mi	Loja	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Santo Domingo	$592
250 km or 155 mi	Mancora	$495
267 km or 166 mi	Quito	$902
308 km or 191 mi	Talara	$504
315 km or 196 mi	Sullana	$498
344 km or 214 mi	Ibarra	$528
345 km or 215 mi	Piura	$564
348 km or 216 mi	Paita	$509
349 km or 217 mi	Esmeraldas	$618
409 km or 254 mi	Jaen	$517
418 km or 259 mi	Ipiales	$504
461 km or 286 mi	Tumaco	$544
476 km or 296 mi	Pasto	$488
502 km or 312 mi	Chachapoyas	$523
509 km or 316 mi	Chiclayo	$515
574 km or 357 mi	Cajamarca	$500
617 km or 383 mi	Tarapoto	$549
630 km or 392 mi	Popayan	$462
635 km or 395 mi	Florencia	$398
666 km or 414 mi	Trujillo	$699
729 km or 453 mi	Cali	$733
745 km or 463 mi	Buenaventura	$718
751 km or 466 mi	Palmira	$652
756 km or 470 mi	Iquitos	$679
764 km or 475 mi	Neiva	$520
779 km or 484 mi	Chimbote	$496

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2754
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2817
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2598
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2845
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2709
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2552
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2572
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$2984
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2681
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$2938
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2570
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$2866
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2633
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2569
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2834
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2761
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3603
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2612
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3054
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2354
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3112
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2708
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2861
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2804
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2604
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2561
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2685
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2720
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3087
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2652
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3065
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2682
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2673
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2831
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2629
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2638
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2673
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$2959
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2675
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2614