Cost of Living Comparison

EUR

COMPARED TO

USD

Ecuador is 45.8% cheaper than Austria.

If you lived in Ecuador instead of Austria, you would:

pay 69.8% less for restaurants

	Austria	Ecuador
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$13.49 €11.83	$3.00	-77.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$9.27 €8.13	$5.26	-43.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$3.24 €2.84	$0.72	-77.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.53 €2.22	$0.51	-80.0%
Average			-69.8%

Austria vs. Ecuador - Cost of restaurants

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pay 49.7% less for groceries

	Austria	Ecuador
Bread 1 loaf	$2.33 €2.04	$1.45	-37.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.97 €6.99	$2.14	-73.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.04 €4.42	$3.74	-25.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.53 €3.10	$1.54	-56.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$5.90 €5.17	$2.08	-64.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.24 €1.09	$0.83	-32.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.92 €0.81	$0.46	-50.3%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.32 €1.15	$0.46	-65.0%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.41 €1.24	$0.50	-64.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.73 €0.64	$0.42	-42.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.72 €0.63	$0.48	-34.0%
Average			-49.7%

Austria vs. Ecuador - Cost of groceries

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pay 43.1% less for transportation

	Austria	Ecuador
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.53 €4.85	$2.07	-62.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$48.53 €42.56	$17.82	-63.3%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$27,252.57 €23,897.80	$26,388.89	-3.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$22.26 €19.52	$12.58	-43.5%
Average			-43.1%

Austria vs. Ecuador - Cost of transportation

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pay 53.0% less for housing

	Austria	Ecuador
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$39.47 €34.61	$37.29	-5.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$869.91 €762.83	$338.85	-61.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$660.26 €578.98	$247.12	-62.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$179.91 €157.76	$30.91	-82.8%
Average			-53.0%

Austria vs. Ecuador - Cost of housing

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pay 43.4% less for childcare

	Austria	Ecuador
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$325.56 €285.49	$206.85	-36.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,604.81 €9,299.37	$5,276.89	-50.2%
Average			-43.4%

Austria vs. Ecuador - Cost of childcare

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pay 38.8% less for entertainment and sports

	Austria	Ecuador
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.59 €4.03	$1.93	-58.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.58 €3.14	$2.06	-42.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$6.60 €5.79	$5.00	-24.2%
Monthly membership at local gym	$46.06 €40.39	$38.70	-16.0%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.71 €11.15	$5.90	-53.6%
Average			-38.8%

Austria vs. Ecuador - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 23.0% less for clothing

	Austria	Ecuador
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$97.81 €85.77	$46.23	-52.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$36.39 €31.91	$39.40	+8.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$89.52 €78.50	$86.56	-3.3%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$122.80 €107.69	$68.45	-44.3%
Average			-23.0%

Austria vs. Ecuador - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: October 2021

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