Cost of Living in
Machala

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$641	$1598
Without rent	$355	$921
Rent & Utilities	$182.7	$288.09
Food	$229	$640
Transport	$60.09	$138.65
Monthly salary after tax	$449.84
Quality of life	32.91
Life expectancy	71.24
Population	343.2K

The cost of living in Machala is $641, which is 1.36 times less expensive than the average in Ecuador. Machala ranked 11th most expensive in Ecuador.

The average salary after taxes in Machala is $449.84, which is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months.

Machala

We calculate prices for Machala State as a population-weighted mean of 0 cities. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Cost of living	One person	Rank
Total with rent	$641	11 / 47
Without rent	$355	7 / 47
Rent & Utilities	$182.7	3 / 47
Food	$229	5 / 47
Transport	$60.09	16 / 47

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	255.83$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	160.89$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	395.95$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	218.08$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	29.27$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	42.99$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	20.01$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.47$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	1226$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	1865$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	2.99$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	19.05$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	5.25$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	1.73$
Cappuccino	3.04$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	0.85$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	0.36$
Monthly ticket local transport	21.84$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	14.58$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	0.68$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	1.06$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	0.99$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.9$
Eggs, x12	1.63$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	3.84$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	3.05$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	5.36$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	2.09$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.7$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.78$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.99$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.61$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	0.55$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	0.59$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	2.18$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	12.59$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	1.88$
Cigarette pack	4.17$
Cold medicince, 1 week	7.36$
Hair Shampoo	4.91$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	1.87$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	1.47$

Other

Gym Membership, 1 month	46.78$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	4.37$
Doctor's visit	26.11$
Haircut, simple	8.8$
Brand Jeans	49.39$
Brand Sneakers	67.46$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	148.09$
International Primary School, 1 year	8297$

Cost of living in other countries

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones

Rank	State	Cost of living
1	Valle del Cauca (Ecuador)	$2119
2	Los Rios (Ecuador)	$1670
3	Bolivar (Ecuador)	$1411
4	Napo (Ecuador)	$1225
5	Montecristi (Ecuador)	$1081
6	Cotopaxi	$1071
7	Guayaquil	$1067
8	Santo Domingo de los Colorados	$1055
9	Pedernales (Ecuador)	$998
10	Azuay	$982
11	Loja (Ecuador)	$959
12	Carchi	$931
13	Montanita	$909
14	Quito	$897
15	Imbabura	$886
16	Chimborazo	$884
17	Portoviejo	$882
18	Esmeraldas (Ecuador)	$861
19	Canar	$859
20	Orellana	$848
21	Pichincha	$837
22	Pastaza	$831
23	Manabi	$810
24	Santa Cruz (Ecuador)	$795
25	Babahoyo	$789
26	La Concordia	$788
27	Quevedo	$781
28	Galapagos Islands	$778
29	La Libertad (Ecuador)	$769
30	Duran	$768
31	Cuenca (Ecuador)	$758
32	San Vicente (Ecuador)	$757
33	Guayas	$738
34	Santa Elena (Ecuador)	$731
35	Tungurahua	$729
36	Manta	$716
37	Machala	$641
38	Milagro	$613
39	El Oro	$609
40	Morona-Santiago	$558
41	Zamora-Chinchipe	$547
42	Galapagos	$543
43	Santo Domingo (Ecuador)	$512
44	Ibarra	$483
45	Riobamba	$479
46	Sucumbios	$457
47	Ambato	$456

Cost of Living in Machala

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones