Montevideo vs Quito - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Montevideo	Quito
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1346	$884
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3323	$2179
🏠 One person rent	$553	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$945	$595
🍽️ Food expenses	$472	$329
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$88.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$962	$683
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	48	64
😀 Quality of life	75	55
🏙️ Population	1.32M	1.76M

The cost of living in Montevideo is 52% more expensive than in Quito. Cities ranked 4065th and 6124th ($1346 vs $884) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Uruguay and Ecuador, respectively. Check Uruguay vs Ecuador comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Montevideo compared to 0.8 months in Quito. Montevideo ranked 1st best city to live in Uruguay vs Quito ranked 1st in Ecuador, while ranked 1043rd and 5845th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Montevideo vs Quito infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/montevideo/quito.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Montevideo vs Quito infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/montevideo/quito" target="_blank">Montevideo vs Quito - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Montevideo vs Quito

Prices for goods and services in Montevideo and Quito are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Montevideo	Quito
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$5.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.8	$32.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$7.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.26	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$4.34	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.99	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$552	$410
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$399	$291
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1003	$719
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$720	$482
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$84	$24.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$129	$38.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.1	$27.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.42%	11.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2966	$1517
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2929	$971
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.22	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$50.1	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.79	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.4	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.54	$2.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$9.58
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.44	$8.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.37	$8.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.79	$1.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.52	$2.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.22	$11.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.98	$7.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.96	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.97	$8.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.05	$2.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.1	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.1	$39.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.63	$6.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$82.6	$41.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.4	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$88.5	$51.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$393	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8232	$8036

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Montevideo

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Barros Blancos	$1188
21 km or 13 mi	Ciudad de la Costa	$1189
85 km or 53 mi	Florida	$1120
102 km or 63 mi	Minas	$1238
110 km or 69 mi	Maldonado	$965
113 km or 70 mi	Punta del Este	$1582
155 km or 96 mi	Berisso	$807
163 km or 101 mi	La Plata	$803
168 km or 104 mi	Durazno	$1094
187 km or 116 mi	Berazategui	$853
189 km or 118 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
192 km or 120 mi	Quilmes	$552
194 km or 121 mi	Bernal	$643
197 km or 122 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
197 km or 123 mi	Wilde	$741
199 km or 124 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
200 km or 124 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
201 km or 125 mi	Burzaco	$859
201 km or 125 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
202 km or 126 mi	Glew	$863
202 km or 126 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
203 km or 126 mi	Longchamps	$865
203 km or 126 mi	Temperley	$849
204 km or 127 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
205 km or 127 mi	Buenos Aires	$1130
205 km or 127 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
205 km or 127 mi	Lanus	$979
210 km or 130 mi	Monte Grande	$877
214 km or 133 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
214 km or 133 mi	Ezeiza	$889
216 km or 134 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
217 km or 135 mi	Florida Este	$924
217 km or 135 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
217 km or 135 mi	La Tablada	$938
218 km or 135 mi	Caseros	$939
219 km or 136 mi	San Justo	$963
219 km or 136 mi	San Isidro	$952
221 km or 137 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
221 km or 137 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
221 km or 138 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940

Cities near Quito

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Santo Domingo	$532
77 km or 48 mi	Ibarra	$519
114 km or 71 mi	Ambato	$573
138 km or 86 mi	Quevedo	$651
151 km or 94 mi	Ipiales	$531
163 km or 101 mi	Riobamba	$538
183 km or 114 mi	Esmeraldas	$610
210 km or 130 mi	Pasto	$514
210 km or 130 mi	Babahoyo	$823
227 km or 141 mi	Tumaco	$571
235 km or 146 mi	Portoviejo	$716
244 km or 152 mi	Milagro	$697
258 km or 161 mi	Manta	$990
262 km or 163 mi	Duran	$806
267 km or 166 mi	Guayaquil	$925
303 km or 188 mi	Cuenca	$758
307 km or 191 mi	Montanita	$766
348 km or 216 mi	La Libertad	$816
364 km or 226 mi	Popayan	$477
376 km or 233 mi	Machala	$569
381 km or 237 mi	Florencia	$410
426 km or 265 mi	Loja	$600
430 km or 267 mi	Tumbes	$463
463 km or 288 mi	Cali	$748
484 km or 301 mi	Buenaventura	$742
484 km or 301 mi	Palmira	$666
501 km or 311 mi	Neiva	$557
516 km or 321 mi	Mancora	$505
543 km or 337 mi	Tulua	$513
574 km or 357 mi	Talara	$513
575 km or 357 mi	Sullana	$505
602 km or 374 mi	Piura	$565
610 km or 379 mi	Jaen	$548
611 km or 380 mi	Paita	$518
616 km or 383 mi	Armenia	$598
623 km or 387 mi	Cartago	$649
631 km or 392 mi	Salento	$605
635 km or 395 mi	Ibague	$529
641 km or 398 mi	Pereira	$680
650 km or 404 mi	Girardot	$493