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Guyana vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Guyana is 50.4% more expensive than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 16.6% less in Guyana
Groceries: pay 68.2% more in Guyana
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in Guyana
Housing: pay 28.7% more in Guyana
Childcare: pay 2.2 times more in Guyana
Entertainment and Sports: pay 12.5% less in Guyana
Clothing: pay 10.1% more in Guyana

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

Guyana vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Guyana instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 16.6% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Guyana
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$195.57	$11.95 GYD2,495.14	+10.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$158.90	$9.37 GYD1,956.19	+6.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.20	$1.18 GYD246.19	-31.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.49	$0.64 GYD133.74	-50.9%
Average			-16.6%

Mexico City vs. Guyana - Cost of restaurants

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pay 68.2% more for groceries

	Mexico City	Guyana
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.29	$2.09 GYD436.30	-20.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$90.79	$6.94 GYD1,448.97	+37.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$117.78	$13.04 GYD2,723.90	+99.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$46.96	$4.55 GYD949.82	+74.4%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$68.54	$3.03 GYD632.48	-20.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.66	$3.47 GYD723.79	+153.1%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.41	$1.53 GYD320.16	+91.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.53	$1.66 GYD347.46	+70.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.32	$2.74 GYD572.48	+202.4%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.27	$1.09 GYD227.78	+13.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.91	$1.46 GYD305.96	+47.3%
Average			+68.2%

Mexico City vs. Guyana - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Mexico City	Guyana
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$92.54	$3.89 GYD812.28	-24.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$352.03	$28.67 GYD5,988.34	+46.7%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$360,826.57	$22,218.32 GYD4,640,962.76	+10.9%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$79.70	$29.62 GYD6,187.95	+569.5%
Average			+150.7%

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pay 28.7% more for housing

	Mexico City	Guyana
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$557.23	$50.36 GYD10,519.52	+62.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,439.65	$906.97 GYD189,447.48	-16.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,199.84	$410.12 GYD85,666.52	-39.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$673.03	$77.46 GYD16,180.26	+107.3%
Average			+28.7%

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pay 2.2 times more for childcare

	Mexico City	Guyana
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,752.95	$1,014.45 GYD211,897.88	+135.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$196,307.02	$23,232.76 GYD4,852,858.23	+113.2%
Average			+124.4%

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pay 12.5% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Guyana
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$58.67	$2.03 GYD424.17	-37.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$68.70	$5.83 GYD1,217.63	+52.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.23	$2.68 GYD558.91	-38.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,052.82	$38.23 GYD7,984.45	-34.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$117.34	$6.21 GYD1,297.47	-4.6%
Average			-12.5%

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pay 10.1% more for clothing

	Mexico City	Guyana
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,097.86	$50.17 GYD10,479.59	-17.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$866.05	$52.56 GYD10,978.62	+9.3%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,904.43	$148.12 GYD30,939.75	+40.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$1,997.92	$120.65 GYD25,200.93	+8.8%
Average			+10.1%

Mexico City vs. Guyana - 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: December 2025

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