Guayaquil vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guayaquil	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$925	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2456	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$364	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$743	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$514	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	47	54
😀 Quality of life	51	66
🏙️ Population	2.65M	8.78M

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 44% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5905th and 7256th ($925 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 118th in Ecuador and China, respectively. Check Ecuador vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guayaquil compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 6147th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guayaquil vs Quanzhou

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	Guayaquil	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.01	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.4	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.98	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$2.52	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.81	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$269	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$510	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.9	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.4	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.36%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1009	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2101	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.66	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.99	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.57	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.57	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5836	$20567

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936