Cost of living comparison

Ecuador

compared to

Honduras

Honduras vs. Ecuador Cost of Living Summary

Honduras is 47.7% more expensive than Ecuador overall.

Restaurants: pay 54.0% more in Honduras
Groceries: pay 47.4% more in Honduras
Transportation: pay 37.0% more in Honduras
Housing: pay 97.0% more in Honduras
Childcare: pay 6.0% less in Honduras
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.7% less in Honduras
Clothing: pay 13.2% less in Honduras

The cost of housing, restaurants, groceries, and transportation in Honduras are more expensive than in Ecuador. Expenses including clothing, childcare, and entertainment and sports are lower in Honduras. Notably, housing is significantly more expensive in Honduras.

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Honduras vs. Ecuador Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 54.0% more for restaurants

	Ecuador	Honduras
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$3.65	$7.63 HNL205.22	+109.1%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.99	$8.42 HNL226.39	+20.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.91	$1.02 HNL27.50	+12.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.70	$0.88 HNL23.63	+26.3%
Average			+54.0%

Ecuador vs. Honduras - Cost of restaurants

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pay 47.4% more for groceries

	Ecuador	Honduras
Bread 1 loaf	$1.78	$2.36 HNL63.49	+33.0%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.06	$4.44 HNL119.37	+45.1%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.06	$5.41 HNL145.50	+33.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.09	$2.05 HNL55.10	-2.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.26	$2.85 HNL76.54	+25.9%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.82	$1.61 HNL43.27	+96.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.49	$0.59 HNL15.80	+20.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.54	$0.99 HNL26.56	+81.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46	$0.65 HNL17.41	+40.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.50	$0.90 HNL24.26	+80.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.43	$0.89 HNL24.00	+105.6%
Average			+47.4%

Ecuador vs. Honduras - Cost of groceries

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pay 37.0% more for transportation

	Ecuador	Honduras
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.94	$4.12 HNL110.85	+40.1%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.33	$35.76 HNL961.35	+85.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$21,347.00	$21,409.36 HNL576K	+0.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$12.14	$18.53 HNL498.20	+52.6%
Average			+37.0%

Ecuador vs. Honduras - Cost of transportation

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pay 97.0% more for housing

	Ecuador	Honduras
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$27.65	$59.26 HNL1,593.25	+114.3%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$337.73	$620.19 HNL16,674.00	+83.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$242.44	$479.00 HNL12,877.88	+97.6%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$45.32	$103.84 HNL2,791.72	+129.1%
Average			+97.0%

Ecuador vs. Honduras - Cost of housing

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pay 6.0% less for childcare

	Ecuador	Honduras
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$310.25	$290.83 HNL7,818.90	-6.3%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,243.49	$4,943.05 HNL133K	-5.7%
Average			-6.0%

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pay 2.7% less for entertainment and sports

	Ecuador	Honduras
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.38	$1.83 HNL49.11	-23.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.68	$2.98 HNL80.04	+11.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$5.40	$2.99 HNL80.29	-44.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$31.41	$45.04 HNL1,210.92	+43.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.28	$5.64 HNL151.73	-10.1%
Average			-2.7%

Ecuador vs. Honduras - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 13.2% less for clothing

	Ecuador	Honduras
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$61.22	$55.59 HNL1,494.58	-9.2%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$41.01	$36.60 HNL983.94	-10.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$106.39	$73.51 HNL1,976.29	-30.9%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$76.17	$77.25 HNL2,076.89	+1.4%
Average			-13.2%

Ecuador vs. Honduras - Cost of clothing

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