Guayaquil vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Guayaquil	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$953	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2350	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$426	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$724	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$120	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$594	$3694
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	46	99
😀 Quality of life	59	94
🏙️ Population	2.65M	2.1M

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 61% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5910th and 964th ($953 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Ecuador and France, respectively. Check Ecuador vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guayaquil compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 6017th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guayaquil vs Paris

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	Guayaquil	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.6	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$42.4	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.6	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.57	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.13	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$431	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$311	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$795	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$550	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.7	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.7	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.03%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1626	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1452	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.4	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.25	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.16	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.38	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.88	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.73	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.01	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.95	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.94	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.2	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.84	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.9	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$401	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6061	$19577

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506