Cost of living comparison

Guatemala

compared to

Netherlands

Netherlands vs. Guatemala Cost of Living Summary

Netherlands is 87.8% more expensive than Guatemala overall.

Restaurants: pay 2.6 times more in Netherlands
Groceries: pay 17.2% more in Netherlands
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in Netherlands
Housing: pay 2.1 times more in Netherlands
Childcare: pay 2.9 times more in Netherlands
Entertainment and Sports: pay 67.5% more in Netherlands
Clothing: pay 24.2% more in Netherlands

The cost of childcare, restaurants, transportation, housing, entertainment and sports, and clothing in Netherlands are more expensive than in Guatemala. Notably, childcare, restaurants, and transportation are significantly more expensive in Netherlands.

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Netherlands vs. Guatemala Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Netherlands instead of Guatemala, you would:

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pay 2.6 times more for restaurants

	Guatemala	Netherlands
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$6.81 GTQ52.10	$22.24 €19.80	+226.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$7.86 GTQ60.11	$13.74 €12.23	+75.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.13 GTQ8.62	$3.60 €3.21	+219.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.95 GTQ7.27	$2.95 €2.62	+210.5%
Average			+160.7%

Guatemala vs. Netherlands - Cost of restaurants

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pay 17.2% more for groceries

	Guatemala	Netherlands
Bread 1 loaf	$3.06 GTQ23.38	$2.06 €1.84	-32.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.94 GTQ22.53	$6.70 €5.96	+127.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.79 GTQ59.62	$5.08 €4.52	-34.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.46 GTQ18.82	$4.71 €4.19	+91.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.27 GTQ32.69	$6.35 €5.65	+48.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.77 GTQ13.56	$1.16 €1.03	-34.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.76 GTQ5.83	$1.07 €0.95	+40.2%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.29 GTQ9.90	$0.91 €0.81	-29.3%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.73 GTQ5.62	$1.94 €1.73	+163.9%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.69 GTQ5.25	$0.83 €0.74	+20.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.88 GTQ6.75	$0.86 €0.76	-2.6%
Average			+17.2%

Guatemala vs. Netherlands - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Guatemala	Netherlands
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.04 GTQ38.56	$9.11 €8.11	+80.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$14.23 GTQ108.90	$95.45 €84.95	+570.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$25,199.77 GTQ193K	$40,608.58 €36,143.10	+61.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$27.41 €24.40
Average			+150.5%

Guatemala vs. Netherlands - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

	Guatemala	Netherlands
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$46.14 GTQ353.04	$48.29 €42.98	+4.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$851.18 GTQ6,513.21	$1,426.76 €1,269.87	+67.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$533.61 GTQ4,083.17	$1,174.28 €1,045.15	+120.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$49.82 GTQ381.19	$196.24 €174.66	+293.9%
Average			+107.5%

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pay 2.9 times more for childcare

	Guatemala	Netherlands
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$340.40 GTQ2,604.78	$1,884.17 €1,676.98	+453.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$6,685.90 GTQ51,160.52	$10,083.31 €8,974.51	+50.8%
Average			+188.9%

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pay 67.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Guatemala	Netherlands
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.27 GTQ25.05	$6.25 €5.56	+90.9%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.34 GTQ25.59	$4.16 €3.70	+24.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.99 GTQ30.56	$13.60 €12.11	+240.7%
Monthly membership at local gym	$40.26 GTQ308.05	$40.62 €36.16	+0.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.48 GTQ49.59	$15.51 €13.81	+139.3%
Average			+67.5%

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pay 24.2% more for clothing

	Guatemala	Netherlands
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$46.92 GTQ359.05	$89.45 €79.61	+90.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.46 GTQ363.17	$43.43 €38.65	-8.5%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$104.97 GTQ803.21	$100.67 €89.60	-4.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$95.86 GTQ733.50	$136.42 €121.42	+42.3%
Average			+24.2%

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