Today we look at moving to Guatemala City in Guatemala from Cologne in Germany. We highlight cost of living and other major differences likely to be experienced in our series of short blogs on moving between different international locations.
In Guatemala City people speak Spanish, more than 20 indigenous languages. In Cologne people speak German.
Guatemala City is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala. Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city (after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich), and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.
Guatemala City is the economic, governmental and cultural capital of the Republic, and considered by many, an economic capital of Central America. Cologne is known as an important media center. Cologne is a major cultural center of the Rhineland and has a vibrant arts scene.
The overall cost of living rank in Guatemala City is 245 out of 300 global locations, which equates it with low cost of living locations. An expatriate moving from Cologne to Guatemala City will experience a change in cost of living of -31.4%.
In terms of the hardship people are likely to experience, assessed in global terms, Guatemala City is ranked as an extreme hardship location with a hardship index of 40% compared to Cologne with a hardship index of 10% which is a minimal hardship location.
Source: http://www.xpatulator.com as at July 2011.
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Guatemala, Guatemala City Cost of Living April 2010
Country Full Name: Republic of Guatemala.
Location: Guatemala is in Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize.
Country Climate: Tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands.
Country Terrain: Mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau.
Major Languages: Spanish, more than 20 indigenous languages.
Major Religions: Christianity, indigenous Mayan beliefs.
Country Population: 13.7 million (2008 est.) 14.0 million (2009 est.).
Country Economy: The economy of Guatemala has a GDP per capita roughly one-half that of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. Coffee, sugar, and bananas are the main products.
Currency: Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ).
Country Inflation: 11.4% (2008 est.) 2.2% (2009 est.).
City: Guatemala City is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala.
City Economy: Guatemala City is the economic, governmental and cultural capital of the Republic, and considered by many, an economic capital of Central America.
Cost of Living: Guatemala City has an overall cost of living index which equates it with low cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Guatemala City is currently ranked 228 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.
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Location: Guatemala is in Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize.
Country Climate: Tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands.
Country Terrain: Mostly mountains with narrow coastal plains and rolling limestone plateau.
Major Languages: Spanish, more than 20 indigenous languages.
Major Religions: Christianity, indigenous Mayan beliefs.
Country Population: 13.7 million (2008 est.) 14.0 million (2009 est.).
Country Economy: The economy of Guatemala has a GDP per capita roughly one-half that of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. Coffee, sugar, and bananas are the main products.
Currency: Guatemalan Quetzal (GTQ).
Country Inflation: 11.4% (2008 est.) 2.2% (2009 est.).
City: Guatemala City is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Guatemala.
City Economy: Guatemala City is the economic, governmental and cultural capital of the Republic, and considered by many, an economic capital of Central America.
Cost of Living: Guatemala City has an overall cost of living index which equates it with low cost of living locations. The overall cost of living index is comprised of the prices for defined quantities of the same goods and services across all 13 Basket Groups. Guatemala City is currently ranked 228 overall, most expensive place in the world for expatriates to live, out of 282 international locations.
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