Cost of living comparison
Guatemala City is 27.9% more expensive than Moscow.
If you lived in Guatemala City instead of Moscow, you would:
pay 9.4% more for restaurants
Moscow
|
Guatemala City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$8.62
₽794.25
|
$5.77
Q44.80
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.93
₽453.86
|
$5.77
Q44.80
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.02
₽94.10
|
$1.09
Q8.47
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.57
₽52.59
|
$0.84
Q6.51
|
|
pay 73.3% more for groceries
Moscow
|
Guatemala City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.69
₽63.54
|
$1.89
Q14.66
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$5.18
₽476.82
|
$2.82
Q21.91
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.02
₽370.24
|
$6.36
Q49.37
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$1.42
₽130.74
|
$2.09
Q16.25
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.00
₽183.93
|
$3.06
Q23.76
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.62
₽57.04
|
$1.50
Q11.62
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.53
₽49.28
|
$0.50
Q3.89
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.70
₽64.53
|
$1.34
Q10.44
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.40
₽129.18
|
$0.80
Q6.23
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.27
₽24.79
|
$0.71
Q5.55
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.26
₽24.36
|
$0.71
Q5.52
|
|
pay 20.1% more for transportation
Moscow
|
Guatemala City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$2.47
₽227.80
|
$4.15
Q32.26
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$30.79
₽2,836.61
|
$10.58
Q82.14
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$30,787.49
₽2,836,605.72
|
$17,951.60
Q139,389.47
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$3.94
₽363.09
|
$8.66
Q67.21
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for housing
Moscow
|
Guatemala City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$6.45
₽594.23
|
$48.06
Q373.14
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$860.20
₽79,254.76
|
$582.00
Q4,519.09
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$497.14
₽45,804.43
|
$411.49
Q3,195.12
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$90.59
₽8,346.35
|
$62.80
Q487.63
|
|
pay 53.5% less for childcare
Moscow
|
Guatemala City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$487.67
₽44,931.83
|
$172.19
Q1,337.00
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$9,121.01
₽840,364.44
|
$5,273.28
Q40,945.66
|
|
pay 14.9% more for entertainment and sports
Moscow
|
Guatemala City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$3.08
₽283.66
|
$2.56
Q19.91
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.57
₽236.61
|
$2.44
Q18.92
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$2.52
₽232.03
|
$3.59
Q27.88
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$38.25
₽3,524.19
|
$51.29
Q398.26
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.16
₽567.32
|
$7.37
Q57.25
|
|
pay 9.8% less for clothing
Moscow
|
Guatemala City
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$94.24
₽8,683.00
|
$51.15
Q397.15
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$45.95
₽4,233.25
|
$59.11
Q458.99
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$106.61
₽9,822.06
|
$101.30
Q786.55
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$132.25
₽12,185.25
|
$109.63
Q851.27
|
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