Guayaquil vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guayaquil	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1006	$2851
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2484	$6397
🏠 One person rent	$452	$1879
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$3145
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$664
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$582	$4411
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	46	94
😀 Quality of life	56	78
🏙️ Population	2.65M	467K

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 65% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5530th and 327th ($1006 vs $2851) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 273rd 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 1.5 months in Long Beach. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Long Beach ranked 271st in the United States, while ranked 6218th and 982nd 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	$3.51	$19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.1	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.07	$14.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$7.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.54	$5.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$1954
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$1662
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$620	$3174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$2872
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.2	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$156
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$56.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	6.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1245	$7032
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1673	$6937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$72.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.3	$34.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.3
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$3.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$3.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$16.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.94	$10.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.93	$8.07
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.75	$15.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46	$95.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$99.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$340	$1674
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6540	$19997

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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 Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$2927
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2903
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2717
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3058
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2856
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2725
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2731
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3121
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2793
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3688
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2651
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3004
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2807
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2682
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2917
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2854
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3658
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2762
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3122
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2650
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3221
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2803
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$2970
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2899
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2764
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2728
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2774
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2844
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3157
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2780
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3191
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2803
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2786
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$2947
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2769
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2758
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2788
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3008
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2739
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$2821