Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. Guyana
  3. United Kingdom
  4. Comparison
GYD
COMPARED TO
GBP

Guyana is 65.5% cheaper than United Kingdom.

If you lived in United Kingdom instead of Guyana, you would:
local_dining

pay 93.9% more for restaurants

  Guyana help_outline United Kingdom help_outline  
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $5.55
$1,124
$15.63
£12.08
+181.5%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $5.75
$1,163
$6.74
£5.21
+17.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.98
$198
$1.52
£1.18
+56.1%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $0.64
$129
$1.15
£0.88
+79.4%
Guyana vs. United Kingdom - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 9.6% more for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.34
$271
$1.22
£0.94
-8.8%
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.94
$798
$3.21
£2.48
-18.5%
Milk (1 gallon) $7.13
$1,442
$4.29
£3.31
-39.8%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $2.41
$488
$2.30
£1.78
-4.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $1.78
$360
$3.26
£2.52
+83.0%
Apples (1 lb) $1.66
$337
$1.02
£0.79
-38.8%
Bananas (1 lb) $0.72
$145
$0.61
£0.47
-14.9%
Oranges (1 lb) $0.54
$110
$0.93
£0.72
+70.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $0.82
$166
$0.99
£0.76
+20.7%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.38
$76
$0.66
£0.51
+74.5%
Onions (1 lb) $0.35
$70
$0.57
£0.44
+65.2%
Guyana vs. United Kingdom - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 83.1% more for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.00
$809
$5.98
£4.62
+49.7%
Monthly public transit pass $27.06
$5,476
$80.21
£61.97
+196.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $12,448.18
$2,518,765
$22,773.83
£17,595.51
+82.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $16.76
$3,391
$23.44
£18.11
+39.9%
Guyana vs. United Kingdom - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 4.3 times more for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $53.08
$10,739
$37.35
£28.86
-29.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $207.47
$41,979
$908.65
£702.04
+338.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $119.69
$24,219
$754.23
£582.73
+530.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $49.26
$9,967
$141.49
£109.32
+187.2%
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child_care

pay 16.8 times more for childcare

  Guyana help_outline United Kingdom help_outline  
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $44.55
$9,015
$1,034.26
£799.09
+2221.4%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $904.89
$183,095
$14,894.38
£11,507.69
+1546.0%
Guyana vs. United Kingdom - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 80.5% more for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.44
$291
$4.30
£3.32
+199.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.63
$533
$3.28
£2.53
+24.5%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $2.87
$581
$12.12
£9.36
+321.8%
Monthly membership at local gym $26.07
$5,274
$38.68
£29.89
+48.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $6.22
$1,259
$12.45
£9.62
+100.1%
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store

pay 32.8% more for clothing

  Guyana help_outline United Kingdom help_outline  
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $38.90
$7,871
$68.21
£52.70
+75.3%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $35.11
$7,104
$36.08
£27.88
+2.8%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $63.20
$12,788
$74.75
£57.75
+18.3%
Men's business shoes (leather) $53.35
$10,795
$74.08
£57.23
+38.9%
Guyana vs. United Kingdom - Cost of clothing
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