Guayaquil vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guayaquil	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1006	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2484	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$452	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$582	$3954
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	46	90
😀 Quality of life	56	94
🏙️ Population	2.65M	1.51M

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 59% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 5530th and 920th ($1006 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ecuador and Germany, respectively. Check Ecuador vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guayaquil compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6218th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guayaquil vs Munich

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	Guayaquil	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.51	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.1	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.07	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.54	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$620	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.2	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1245	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1673	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.3	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.94	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.93	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.75	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$340	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6540	$14492

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730