Common information
- Country
- Guatemala
- Population
- 132 230
Cost of living and prices in Quetzaltenango
- One bedroom apartment
- outside of centre406USD/month
- in city centre214USD/month
- Three bedroom apartment
- outside of centre255USD/month
- in city centre383USD/month
Restaurants
| Meal | Inexpensive restaurant | 1 people | 4 USD |
| Meal | Mid-range restaurant | 2 people | 34 USD |
| Meal | McMeal at McDonalds | 1 pc | 6 USD |
| Drinks | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 1 USD |
| Drinks | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 2 USD |
| Drinks | Cappuccino | 1 portion | 3 USD |
| Drinks | Coke/Pepsi | 0.33 litre | 1 USD |
| Drinks | Water | 0.33 litre | 1 USD |
Markets
| Food | Milk | 1 litre | 2 USD |
| Food | Loaf bread | 0.5 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Rice white | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Eggs | 12 pc | 2 USD |
| Food | Local cheese | 1 kg | 6 USD |
| Meat | Chicken fillets | 1 kg | 6 USD |
| Fruits | Apples | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Fruits | Bananas | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Fruits | Oranges | 1 kg | 3 USD |
| Food | Potato | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Tomato | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Onion | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Lettuce | 1 head | 1 USD |
| Food | Water | 1.5 litre | 1 USD |
| Alcohol | Wine, Mid-Range | 1 bottle | 8 USD |
| Alcohol | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 2 USD |
| Alcohol | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 2 USD |
| Cigarettes | Marlboro | 1 pack | 3 USD |
Transportation
| Public transport | One-way | 1 ticket | 0 USD |
| Taxi | Taxi start | seat | 4 USD |
| Taxi | Normal tariff | 1 km | 1 USD |
| Taxi | Waiting | 1 hour | 6 USD |
| Fuel | Gasoline | 1 litre | 1 USD |
| Automobile | Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline | 1 pc | 15,813 USD |
| Automobile | Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort | 1 pc | 22,261 USD |
Entertainment
| Sport | Fitness Club | 1 month | 32 USD |
| Rest | Cinema, International Release | 1 place | 8 USD |
Goods
| Clothing | Jeans, Levis 501 | 1 pair | 51 USD |
| Clothing | Summer Dress in Zara, H&M | 1 pc | 58 USD |
| Shoes | Nike Running Shoes | 1 pair | 110 USD |
| Shoes | Men Leather Business Shoes | 1 pair | 127 USD |
Accommodation
| Utilities | Electricity, Heating... for 85m2 | 1 month | 82 USD |
| Communication | Mobile Phone Monthly Plan | 1 month | 13 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 bedroom | 214 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 bedroom | 406 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 3 bedroom | 383 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 3 bedroom | 255 USD |
| Buy apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 sq. meter | 1,012 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 sq. meter | 306 USD |
| Salary | Disposable Salary | 1 month | 474 USD |
| Mortgage | Interest Rate | 1 year | 7.69 |
Weather, climate, temperature by months in Quetzaltenango
| Season | Autumn | Winter | Spring | Summer | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Year |
| Record high, °C | 33 | 33 | 33 | 36 | 35 | 37 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 37 |
| Average high, °C | 29 | 29 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 30 | 30 |
| Average temperature, °C | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Average low, °C | 23 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 |
| Record low, °C | 20 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 12 |
| Rain, days | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 99 |
| Fog, days | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Thunderstorms, days | 18 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 127 |
| Average precipitation, mm. | 147 | 82 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 101 | 164 | 110 | 125 | 802 |
| Relative humidity morning, % | 92 | 0 | 89 | 86 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 90 | 91 | 90 | 91 | 80 |
| Relative humidity evening, % | 72 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 46 | 46 | 0 | 54 | 64 | 71 | 65 | 66 | 55 |
| Wind speed, km/h | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day Length, часов | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Dew point, °C | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Growing degree-day, °C | 83 | 86 | 50 | 17 | 0 | 16 | 86 | 117 | 121 | 117 | 121 | 121 | 934 |
| Solar radiation, global, Mj/m2 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 |