Cost of Living Comparison

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Ecuador is 48.3% cheaper than Guam.

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

pay 60.8% less for restaurants

	Guam	Ecuador
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.50	$3.00	-73.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.44	$5.48	-35.1%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.98	$0.69	-65.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.71	$0.53	-69.0%
Average			-60.8%

Guam vs. Ecuador - Cost of restaurants

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pay 58.6% less for groceries

	Guam	Ecuador
Bread 1 loaf	$3.57	$1.39	-61.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.39	$1.95	-69.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$8.32	$3.82	-54.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.43	$1.51	-56.0%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.54	$2.12	-40.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.60	$0.78	-51.2%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.00	$0.46	-54.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.47	$0.48	-80.6%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.63	$0.49	-69.7%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.94	$0.40	-57.0%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.93	$0.45	-51.8%
Average			-58.6%

Guam vs. Ecuador - Cost of groceries

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pay 48.0% less for transportation

	Guam	Ecuador
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.34	$2.23	-48.5%
Monthly public transit pass	$70.00	$16.99	-75.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$26,500.00	$27,687.50	+4.5%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$44.26	$12.34	-72.1%
Average			-48.0%

Guam vs. Ecuador - Cost of transportation

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pay 75.5% less for housing

	Guam	Ecuador
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$103.94	$40.36	-61.2%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,525.00	$378.97	-75.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,054.17	$262.59	-75.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$336.24	$31.10	-90.8%
Average			-75.5%

Guam vs. Ecuador - Cost of housing

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pay 39.3% less for childcare

	Guam	Ecuador
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$360.62	$214.20	-40.6%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$8,400.00	$5,207.59	-38.0%
Average			-39.3%

Guam vs. Ecuador - Cost of childcare

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pay 47.9% less for entertainment and sports

	Guam	Ecuador
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.41	$1.73	-60.6%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$4.79	$1.97	-58.8%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$8.06	$5.11	-36.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$85.04	$38.69	-54.5%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$8.50	$6.05	-28.9%
Average			-47.9%

Guam vs. Ecuador - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 7.8% less for clothing

	Guam	Ecuador
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$45.50	$51.55	+13.3%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.25	$41.07	-13.1%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$91.25	$89.80	-1.6%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$98.75	$69.13	-30.0%
Average			-7.8%

Guam 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: March 2021

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