Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Ecuador
  3. Greece
  4. Comparison
USD
COMPARED TO
EUR

Greece is 52.5% more expensive than Ecuador.

If you lived in Greece instead of Ecuador, you would:
local_dining

pay 2.3 times more for restaurants

  Ecuador help_outline Greece help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.00 $11.25
€9.87
+275.0%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $5.54 $7.13
€6.25
+28.6%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.69 $2.00
€1.76
+189.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.53 $0.64
€0.56
+20.9%
Average +128.6%
Ecuador vs. Greece - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 26.0% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.39 $1.01
€0.89
-26.9%
Local cheese (8 oz) $2.15 $4.41
€3.87
+105.2%
Milk (1 gallon) $3.63 $4.91
€4.31
+35.1%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $1.65 $3.22
€2.82
+94.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $2.68 $3.37
€2.96
+25.6%
Apples (1 lb) $0.97 $0.72
€0.63
-26.4%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.46 $0.77
€0.68
+67.0%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.55 $0.56
€0.49
+0.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.49 $0.65
€0.57
+33.2%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.45 $0.44
€0.39
-2.2%
Onions (1 lb) $0.52 $0.41
€0.36
-20.1%
Average +26.0%
Ecuador vs. Greece - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 70.3% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $2.22 $6.68
€5.86
+201.1%
Monthly public transit pass $20.40 $41.10
€36.04
+101.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $25,000.00 $19,765.23
€17,332.15
-20.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $12.22 $12.16
€10.66
-0.5%
Average +70.3%
Ecuador vs. Greece - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 61.6% more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $41.76 $35.13
€30.81
-15.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $378.87 $358.34
€314.23
-5.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $253.97 $294.75
€258.47
+16.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $37.98 $133.51
€117.07
+251.5%
Average +61.6%
Ecuador vs. Greece - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 25.2% more for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $252.01 $306.43
€268.71
+21.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $5,105.44 $6,579.98
€5,769.99
+28.9%
Average +25.2%
Ecuador vs. Greece - Cost of childcare
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pay 54.2% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.52 $4.09
€3.59
+169.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.86 $3.27
€2.86
+75.6%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $5.12 $4.96
€4.35
-3.1%
Monthly membership at local gym $40.99 $38.03
€33.35
-7.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $6.10 $8.34
€7.31
+36.6%
Average +54.2%
Ecuador vs. Greece - Cost of entertainment and sports
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store

pay 1.9% more for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $60.77 $79.34
€69.57
+30.6%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $49.83 $33.31
€29.21
-33.2%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $93.46 $79.10
€69.36
-15.4%
Men's business shoes (leather) $81.47 $102.38
€89.77
+25.7%
Average +1.9%
Ecuador vs. Greece - Cost of clothing
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