Guayaquil vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guayaquil	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$925	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2456	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$364	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$743	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$311	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$155	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$514	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	47	72
😀 Quality of life	51	78
🏙️ Population	2.65M	7.01M

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 43% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5905th and 2911th ($925 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Ecuador and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Ecuador vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Guayaquil compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6147th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guayaquil vs Riyadh

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	Guayaquil	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.01	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.4	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.98	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.52	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.81	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$269	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$278	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$510	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.9	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.4	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$28.6	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.36%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1009	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2101	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.32	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$18.1	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.7	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.66	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.78	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.04	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.07	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.72	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.99	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.99	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.37	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.95	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.14	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.57	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.9	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.57	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.8	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$292	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5836	$10598

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529