Guayaquil vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guayaquil	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$925	$2071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2456	$5081
🏠 One person rent	$364	$1241
🏘️ Family rent	$743	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$510
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$514	$2923
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	47	91
😀 Quality of life	51	92
🏙️ Population	2.65M	548K

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 55% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 5905th and 1662nd ($925 vs $2071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 46th in Ecuador and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Ecuador vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guayaquil compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Manchester ranked 13th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 6147th and 85th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guayaquil vs Manchester

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	Guayaquil	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.01	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.4	$73.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.98	$9.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$6.16
☕ Cappuccino	$2.52	$4.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.81	$2.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$269	$1351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$936
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$510	$2179
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$1788
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.9	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.4	$283
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.36%	5.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1009	$5330
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2101	$3723
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$110
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$24.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.66	$1.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$1.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$3.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$8.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$15.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$2.45
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.99	$16.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$7.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$4.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$2.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$43.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.57	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$84.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.57	$13.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$86.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$88
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$1818
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5836	$19551

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1948
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1800
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1874
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1845
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1602
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1806
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1672
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1806
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1962
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1574
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1675
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1497
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1753
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1686
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1762
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1376
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1793
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1737
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1686
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1486
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1456
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1598
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1707
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1680
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1706
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1401
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1774
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1764
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1897
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1710
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1681