Guayaquil vs San Antonio - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Guayaquil	San Antonio
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1006	$2023
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2484	$4466
🏠 One person rent	$452	$1202
🏘️ Family rent	$770	$1794
🍽️ Food expenses	$300	$549
🚐 Transport expenses	$147	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$582	$4100
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	46	81
😀 Quality of life	56	92
🏙️ Population	2.65M	1.43M

The cost of living in Guayaquil is 50% less expensive than in San Antonio. Cities ranked 5530th and 1930th ($1006 vs $2023) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1571st 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 2 months in San Antonio. Guayaquil ranked 2nd best city to live in Ecuador vs San Antonio ranked 34th in the United States, while ranked 6218th and 124th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Guayaquil vs San Antonio

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	Guayaquil	San Antonio
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.51	$14.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50.1	$60.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.07	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$6.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.54	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$1311
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$353	$900
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$620	$1851
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$646	$1407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$67.2	$145
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$225
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$27.2	$74
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.57%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1245	$3721
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1673	$1937
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.35	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20.8	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.3	$17.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.71	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$1.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.62	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$3.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$4.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$11.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.15	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$4.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$2.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$2.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$13.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$3.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.94	$8.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.49	$6.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.93	$6.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$3.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.82	$1.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$44
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.75	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$46	$96.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$17.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.2	$44.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$340	$1129
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6540	$15049

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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 San Antonio

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Schertz	$2164
30 km or 18 mi	Cibolo	$2178
48 km or 30 mi	New Braunfels	$2233
54 km or 33 mi	Seguin	$2210
74 km or 46 mi	San Marcos	$2215
87 km or 54 mi	Kyle	$2222
93 km or 58 mi	Kerrville	$2169
122 km or 76 mi	Austin	$2416
136 km or 85 mi	Cedar Park	$2221
140 km or 87 mi	Leander	$2241
141 km or 88 mi	Pflugerville	$2196
145 km or 90 mi	Round Rock	$2148
157 km or 98 mi	Georgetown	$2188
161 km or 100 mi	Victoria	$2220
197 km or 122 mi	Copperas Cove	$2105
200 km or 124 mi	Harker Heights	$2075
201 km or 125 mi	Killeen	$2022
210 km or 130 mi	Eagle Pass	$2011
213 km or 132 mi	Piedras Negras	$943
215 km or 134 mi	Corpus Christi	$1697
216 km or 134 mi	Temple	$2136
221 km or 137 mi	Kingsville	$1862
233 km or 145 mi	Del Rio	$1981
235 km or 146 mi	Laredo	$1719
236 km or 147 mi	Ciudad Acuna	$944
237 km or 147 mi	Nuevo Laredo	$748
247 km or 153 mi	Bryan	$1993
247 km or 154 mi	College Station	$1900
261 km or 162 mi	Rosenberg	$2209
269 km or 167 mi	Waco	$2279
279 km or 174 mi	Sugar Land	$2229
286 km or 178 mi	Missouri	$2216
293 km or 182 mi	San Angelo	$2770
300 km or 186 mi	Lake Jackson	$2129
300 km or 187 mi	The Woodlands	$2730
303 km or 188 mi	Houston	$2240
308 km or 191 mi	Spring	$2094
309 km or 192 mi	Conroe	$1828
310 km or 193 mi	Pearland	$2177
312 km or 194 mi	Stephenville	$2154