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Guyana vs. Colombia Cost of Living Summary

Guyana is 2.1 times more expensive than Colombia overall.

Restaurants: pay 71.5% more in Guyana
Groceries: pay 2.3 times more in Guyana
Transportation: pay 27.1% more in Guyana
Housing: pay 76.2% more in Guyana
Childcare: pay 5.0 times more in Guyana
Entertainment and Sports: pay 80.3% more in Guyana
Clothing: pay 7.3% more in Guyana

The cost of childcare, groceries, entertainment and sports, housing, restaurants, and transportation in Guyana are more expensive than in Colombia. Notably, childcare, groceries, and entertainment and sports are significantly more expensive in Guyana.

Guyana vs. Colombia Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Guyana instead of Colombia, you would:

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pay 71.5% more for restaurants

	Colombia	Guyana
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.20 COP17,334.30	$11.88 GYD2,478.15	+182.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.62 COP27,313.08	$8.55 GYD1,784.27	+29.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.78 COP3,236.46	$1.21 GYD252.77	+54.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.60 COP2,456.48	$0.71 GYD148.69	+19.7%
Average			+71.5%

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pay 2.3 times more for groceries

	Colombia	Guyana
Bread 1 loaf	$1.27 COP5,245.93	$2.01 GYD418.46	+57.7%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$2.16 COP8,928.91	$5.36 GYD1,117.41	+147.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.88 COP16,009.89	$12.31 GYD2,568.37	+217.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.02 COP8,336.66	$3.41 GYD710.40	+68.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.19 COP9,029.53	$2.63 GYD548.27	+20.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.07 COP4,420.26	$1.78 GYD371.87	+66.4%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.45 COP1,876.24	$1.20 GYD251.18	+164.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.55 COP2,276.53	$1.70 GYD354.26	+207.7%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.46 COP1,887.06	$2.05 GYD426.75	+347.2%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.50 COP2,064.60	$0.71 GYD147.39	+41.2%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 COP1,868.44	$0.93 GYD194.25	+105.6%
Average			+131.3%

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pay 27.1% more for transportation

	Colombia	Guyana
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.05 COP12,598.73	$4.00 GYD834.89	+31.0%
Monthly public transit pass	$34.31 COP141,531.79	$28.51 GYD5,947.55	-16.9%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$17,642.99 COP72,780,176.46	$15,680.67 GYD3,271,154.36	-11.1%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$14.10 COP58,156.95	$28.99 GYD6,046.68	+105.6%
Average			+27.1%

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pay 76.2% more for housing

	Colombia	Guyana
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$22.88 COP94,369.61	$61.18 GYD12,762.46	+167.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$272.41 COP1,123,746.82	$617.07 GYD128,728.20	+126.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$235.87 COP973,004.09	$281.14 GYD58,649.48	+19.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$66.40 COP273,922.21	$61.00 GYD12,725.29	-8.1%
Average			+76.2%

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pay 5.0 times more for childcare

	Colombia	Guyana
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$190.65 COP786,480.08	$876.83 GYD182,916.37	+359.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,364.51 COP18,004,323.25	$23,225.94 GYD4,845,179.71	+432.2%
Average			+396.0%

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pay 80.3% more for entertainment and sports

	Colombia	Guyana
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.15 COP4,759.97	$2.14 GYD446.07	+85.3%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.40 COP5,792.75	$3.88 GYD809.53	+176.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.09 COP8,632.52	$2.19 GYD455.98	+4.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$22.45 COP92,628.90	$38.81 GYD8,095.28	+72.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.65 COP15,072.76	$5.94 GYD1,239.07	+62.6%
Average			+80.3%

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pay 7.3% more for clothing

	Colombia	Guyana
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$52.02 COP214,592.13	$38.01 GYD7,930.07	-26.9%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$38.22 COP157,683.60	$52.27 GYD10,903.85	+36.7%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$81.60 COP336,633.07	$83.63 GYD17,446.16	+2.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$69.09 COP284,991.15	$80.78 GYD16,851.40	+16.9%
Average			+7.3%

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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: February 2025

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