Guayaquil vs Long Beach - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Guayaquil	Long Beach
🚶 Cost of living one person	$953	$2683
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2350	$6239
🏠 One person rent	$426	$1744
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$3093
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$655
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$136
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$594	$4372
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	46	94
😀 Quality of life	59	78
🏙️ Population	2.65M	467K

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 64% less expensive than in Long Beach. Cities ranked 5910th and 604th ($953 vs $2683) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 532nd 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 279th in the United States, while ranked 6017th and 958th 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	$4.6	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.4	$72.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.6	$14.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$7.35
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$5.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$3.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$431	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$311	$1515
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$3208
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$550	$2788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.7	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.7	$57.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.03%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1626	$7147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1452	$6897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.4	$72.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$3.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$3.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$4.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$5.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$10.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.73	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$7.51
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$3.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.84	$15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$51.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$1650
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6061	$19617

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Cities near Guayaquil

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Duran	$842
33 km or 21 mi	Milagro	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Babahoyo	$827
104 km or 65 mi	Montanita	$704
113 km or 70 mi	La Libertad	$707
121 km or 75 mi	Machala	$584
126 km or 78 mi	Cuenca	$829
137 km or 85 mi	Quevedo	$653
141 km or 87 mi	Portoviejo	$780
148 km or 92 mi	Riobamba	$514
165 km or 103 mi	Manta	$762
166 km or 103 mi	Tumbes	$577
175 km or 109 mi	Ambato	$516
215 km or 133 mi	Loja	$559
229 km or 142 mi	Santo Domingo	$592
250 km or 155 mi	Mancora	$660
267 km or 166 mi	Quito	$864
308 km or 191 mi	Talara	$705
315 km or 196 mi	Sullana	$593
344 km or 214 mi	Ibarra	$557
345 km or 215 mi	Piura	$651
348 km or 216 mi	Paita	$638
349 km or 217 mi	Esmeraldas	$613
409 km or 254 mi	Jaen	$617
418 km or 259 mi	Ipiales	$672
461 km or 286 mi	Tumaco	$694
476 km or 296 mi	Pasto	$675
502 km or 312 mi	Chachapoyas	$611
509 km or 316 mi	Chiclayo	$667
574 km or 357 mi	Cajamarca	$583
617 km or 383 mi	Tarapoto	$626
630 km or 392 mi	Popayan	$631
635 km or 395 mi	Florencia	$524
666 km or 414 mi	Trujillo	$811
729 km or 453 mi	Cali	$850
745 km or 463 mi	Buenaventura	$856
751 km or 466 mi	Palmira	$788
756 km or 470 mi	Iquitos	$745
764 km or 475 mi	Neiva	$606
779 km or 484 mi	Chimbote	$527

Cities near Long Beach

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Carson	$3000
11 km or 6.5 mi	Seal Beach	$2893
11 km or 7 mi	Lakewood	$2774
11 km or 7.1 mi	Lomita	$3115
15 km or 9 mi	Compton	$2922
15 km or 9.2 mi	Bellflower	$2758
15 km or 9.2 mi	Paramount	$2793
15 km or 9.5 mi	Torrance	$3124
15 km or 9.6 mi	Cypress	$2854
16 km or 9.7 mi	Rancho Palos Verdes	$3737
16 km or 10 mi	Cerritos	$2739
17 km or 11 mi	Gardena	$3076
17 km or 11 mi	Lynwood	$2880
19 km or 12 mi	Norwalk	$2694
19 km or 12 mi	Westminster	$2989
19 km or 12 mi	Stanton	$2920
19 km or 12 mi	Redondo Beach	$3771
20 km or 12 mi	South Gate	$2867
20 km or 12 mi	Lawndale	$3243
20 km or 12 mi	Downey	$2766
20 km or 12 mi	Huntington Beach	$3238
20 km or 13 mi	Buena Park	$2875
22 km or 14 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
22 km or 14 mi	Garden Grove	$2987
22 km or 14 mi	Cudahy	$2866
23 km or 14 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
23 km or 14 mi	La Mirada	$2840
23 km or 14 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
23 km or 14 mi	Fountain Valley	$3251
23 km or 15 mi	Bell	$2868
24 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
24 km or 15 mi	Maywood	$2888
25 km or 16 mi	Inglewood	$3066
26 km or 16 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
26 km or 16 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
27 km or 17 mi	Whittier	$2835
28 km or 17 mi	Fullerton	$3090
28 km or 18 mi	Montebello	$2826
29 km or 18 mi	Santa Ana	$3164