Guayaquil vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guayaquil	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$925	$2764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2456	$6355
🏠 One person rent	$364	$1831
🏘️ Family rent	$743	$3177
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$514	$4536
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	47	94
😀 Quality of life	51	76
🏙️ Population	2.65M	467K

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 67% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5905th and 379th ($925 vs $2764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 339th 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 1.6 months in Long Beach. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Long Beach ranked 231st in the United States, while ranked 6147th and 949th 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	$3.01	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.4	$65.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.98	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$6.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.52	$5.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.81	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$269	$2014
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$1593
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$510	$3278
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$2898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.9	$94.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.4	$144
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.36%	6.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1009	$7095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2101	$7019
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$34.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.66	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$3.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$5.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$5.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$3.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$14.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$2.34
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.99	$10.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$8.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$7.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$4.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.57	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$95.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.57	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$1510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5836	$27134

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2919
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2874
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2703
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$2983
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2851
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2669
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2720
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3229
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2775
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3068
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2716
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3022
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2788
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2662
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2899
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2817
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3640
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2786
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3162
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2735
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2781
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3104
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2905
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2768
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2727
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2780
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2873
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3162
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2798
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3256
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2887
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2803
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3014
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2750
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2750
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2789
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3036
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2683