Guayaquil vs Nashville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guayaquil	Nashville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1006	$2524
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2484	$5942
🏠 One person rent	$452	$1595
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$2783
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$627
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$582	$4436
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	46	78
😀 Quality of life	56	90
🏙️ Population	2.65M	689K

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 60% less expensive than in Nashville. Cities ranked 5530th and 832nd ($1006 vs $2524) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 741st 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 1.8 months in Nashville. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Nashville ranked 65th in the United States, while ranked 6218th and 218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guayaquil vs Nashville

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	Guayaquil	Nashville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.51	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.1	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.07	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$6.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.54	$6.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$1625
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$1357
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$620	$2958
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$2433
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.2	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$177
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$67.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1245	$3558
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1673	$3104
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$62.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.3	$20.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$3.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$4.17
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$3.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$5.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$4.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.88
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$3.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$15.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.94	$8.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.93	$5.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$4.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$55.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.75	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$27.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$55.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$98.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$340	$1244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6540	$30339

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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 Nashville

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Brentwood	$2563
22 km or 14 mi	Hendersonville	$2399
25 km or 15 mi	Mount Juliet	$2382
26 km or 16 mi	La Vergne	$2385
27 km or 17 mi	Franklin	$2855
31 km or 19 mi	Smyrna	$2304
38 km or 24 mi	Gallatin	$2339
41 km or 26 mi	Lebanon	$2304
47 km or 29 mi	Spring Hill	$2609
50 km or 31 mi	Murfreesboro	$2075
66 km or 41 mi	Columbia	$2041
66 km or 41 mi	Clarksville	$2165
81 km or 50 mi	Shelbyville	$2268
96 km or 59 mi	Bowling Green	$1763
99 km or 62 mi	Hopkinsville	$1830
114 km or 71 mi	Tompkinsville	$1810
115 km or 71 mi	Cookeville	$2113
146 km or 91 mi	Murray	$1818
154 km or 95 mi	Athens	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Madison	$2002
162 km or 101 mi	Huntsville	$1969
169 km or 105 mi	Florence	$1404
177 km or 110 mi	Decatur	$1828
180 km or 112 mi	Owensboro	$1647
185 km or 115 mi	Chattanooga	$2190
189 km or 118 mi	Elizabethtown	$1724
191 km or 119 mi	East Ridge	$2191
193 km or 120 mi	Jackson	$1635
193 km or 120 mi	Paducah	$1710
199 km or 124 mi	Henderson	$1799
200 km or 124 mi	Radcliff	$1883
205 km or 127 mi	Cleveland	$2129
213 km or 132 mi	Evansville	$2164
218 km or 135 mi	Albertville	$1774
219 km or 136 mi	Somerset	$1338
226 km or 140 mi	Dalton	$1600
227 km or 141 mi	Oak Ridge	$1280
234 km or 145 mi	Dyersburg	$2034
237 km or 147 mi	Farragut	$1807
250 km or 155 mi	Gadsden	$1508