Guam vs. Colorado Cost of Living Summary

Guam is 16.6% more expensive than Colorado.

Restaurants
pay 9.0% less in Guam
Groceries
pay 61.5% more in Guam
Transportation
pay 40.8% more in Guam
Housing
pay 17.3% more in Guam
Childcare
pay 61.8% less in Guam
Entertainment and Sports
pay 3.5% less in Guam

The cost of groceries, transportation, and housing in Guam are more expensive than in Colorado. Expenses including childcare, restaurants, and entertainment and sports are lower in Guam.

Guam vs. Colorado Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Guam instead of Colorado, you would:

pay 9.0% less for restaurants

 
Colorado
Guam
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $20.04
 
$15.00
 
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$11.71
 
$15.00
 
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.81
 
$3.00
 

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pay 61.5% more for groceries

 
Colorado
Guam
Bread
1 loaf
$3.75
 
$6.75
 
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.72
 
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Milk (1 gallon) $3.89
 
$12.82
 

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pay 40.8% more for transportation

 
Colorado
Guam
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.77
 
$5.30
 
Monthly public transit pass $76.33
 
??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $33,330.00
 
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pay 17.3% more for housing

 
Colorado
Guam
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$71.45
 
$86.25
 
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $2,019.84
 
$1,850.00
 
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,732.21
 
$2,000.00
 

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pay 61.8% less for childcare

 
Colorado
Guam
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,465.53
 
$560.00
 
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $23,211.68
 
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pay 3.5% less for entertainment and sports

 
Colorado
Guam
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $6.32
 
$6.50
 
Cappuccino in mid-range area $5.54
 
$5.50
 
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$10.27
 
$8.25
 

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

 
Colorado
Guam
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$60.67
 
??
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$45.03
 
??
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$88.67
 
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated October 2026). How we calculate this

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