Guayaquil vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guayaquil	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$925	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2456	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$364	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$743	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$514	$709
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	47	92
😀 Quality of life	51	67
🏙️ Population	2.65M	9.21M

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 20% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 5905th and 4604th ($925 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 7th in Ecuador and Mexico, respectively. Check Ecuador vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guayaquil compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 6147th and 3470th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guayaquil vs Mexico City

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	Guayaquil	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.01	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.4	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.98	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.52	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.81	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$269	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$510	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.9	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.4	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.36%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1009	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2101	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.66	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.99	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.57	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.57	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5836	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804