Cost of living comparison

Guatemala City, Guatemala

compared to

Victoria, Seychelles

Victoria vs. Guatemala City Cost of Living Summary

Victoria is 88.0% more expensive than Guatemala City.

Restaurants: pay 2.5 times more in Victoria
Groceries: pay 57.0% more in Victoria
Transportation: pay 2.5 times more in Victoria
Housing: pay 2.2 times more in Victoria
Childcare: pay 17.8% more in Victoria
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.3 times more in Victoria
Clothing: pay 19.4% less in Victoria

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

Victoria vs. Guatemala City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Victoria instead of Guatemala City, you would:

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pay 2.5 times more for restaurants

	Guatemala City	Victoria
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.15 GTQ39.57	$16.76 SCR238.21	+225.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$6.37 GTQ48.97	$9.71 SCR138.04	+52.5%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.16 GTQ8.90	$2.75 SCR39.16	+137.9%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.91 GTQ6.97	$2.71 SCR38.55	+199.4%
Average			+153.9%

Guatemala City vs. Victoria - Cost of restaurants

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pay 57.0% more for groceries

	Guatemala City	Victoria
Bread 1 loaf	$3.24 GTQ24.90	$2.29 SCR32.57	-29.2%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$3.39 GTQ26.03	$18.13 SCR257.62	+435.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.37 GTQ56.69	$7.52 SCR106.87	+2.0%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.57 GTQ19.76	$3.58 SCR50.82	+39.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.42 GTQ26.33	$3.00 SCR42.62	-12.4%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.67 GTQ12.81	$0.97 SCR13.81	-41.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.74 GTQ5.71	$1.10 SCR15.61	+47.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.55 GTQ11.90	$0.97 SCR13.81	-37.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 GTQ7.01	$3.27 SCR46.42	+258.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.84 GTQ6.43	$0.82 SCR11.69	-1.7%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.11 GTQ8.50	$0.73 SCR10.38	-34.0%
Average			+57.0%

Guatemala City vs. Victoria - Cost of groceries

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pay 2.5 times more for transportation

	Guatemala City	Victoria
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.13 GTQ31.76	$5.82 SCR82.68	+40.8%
Monthly public transit pass	$13.42 GTQ103.23	$26.82 SCR381.14	+99.8%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$18,009.72 GTQ138,495.99	$26,617.26 SCR378,323.02	+47.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$8.75 GTQ67.27	$46.18 SCR656.41	+427.9%
Average			+154.1%

Guatemala City vs. Victoria - Cost of transportation

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pay 2.2 times more for housing

	Guatemala City	Victoria
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$43.14 GTQ331.73	$163.87 SCR2,329.19	+279.9%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$647.65 GTQ4,980.44	$979.92 SCR13,928.01	+51.3%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$347.33 GTQ2,670.99	$794.53 SCR11,293.04	+128.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$60.31 GTQ463.76	$73.52 SCR1,044.90	+21.9%
Average			+120.5%

Guatemala City vs. Victoria - Cost of housing

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pay 17.8% more for childcare

	Guatemala City	Victoria
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$217.77 GTQ1,674.67	$167.60 SCR2,382.13	-23.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$5,593.73 GTQ43,016.20	$8,868.55 SCR126,052.70	+58.5%
Average			+17.8%

Guatemala City vs. Victoria - Cost of childcare

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pay 2.3 times more for entertainment and sports

	Guatemala City	Victoria
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.22 GTQ24.73	$4.07 SCR57.79	+26.4%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.31 GTQ25.42	$5.16 SCR73.38	+56.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.60 GTQ27.70	$22.89 SCR325.30	+535.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$55.94 GTQ430.20	$95.81 SCR1,361.77	+71.3%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$7.72 GTQ59.36	$5.59 SCR79.40	-27.6%
Average			+132.3%

Guatemala City vs. Victoria - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 19.4% less for clothing

	Guatemala City	Victoria
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$47.50 GTQ365.28	$68.58 SCR974.80	+44.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$55.74 GTQ428.68	$29.30 SCR416.43	-47.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$120.06 GTQ923.31	$73.44 SCR1,043.85	-38.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$118.99 GTQ915.06	$76.39 SCR1,085.81	-35.8%
Average			-19.4%

Guatemala City vs. Victoria - 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: June 2025

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