Buenos Aires vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$470	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$777
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	79	91
😀 Quality of life	74	77
🏙️ Population	3.12M	6.26M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 0.3% less expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 4694th and 4686th ($1130 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Argentina and Chile, respectively. Check Argentina vs Chile comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 1194th and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Santiago

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	Buenos Aires	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$8040

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$979
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$741
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$939
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$924
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$643
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$938
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$552
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$963
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$935
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$849
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$952
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$938
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$964
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$966
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$853
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$928
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$877
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$889
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$865
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$921
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$920
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$863
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$928
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$915
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$899

Cities near Santiago

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	San Bernardo	$875
20 km or 12 mi	Puente Alto	$930
69 km or 43 mi	Los Andes	$759
78 km or 48 mi	San Felipe	$720
80 km or 50 mi	Rancagua	$798
80 km or 50 mi	Villa Alemana	$827
83 km or 52 mi	Quillota	$833
85 km or 53 mi	Quilpue	$832
89 km or 55 mi	San Antonio	$1074
95 km or 59 mi	Vina del Mar	$874
99 km or 62 mi	Valparaiso	$805
130 km or 80 mi	San Fernando	$920
179 km or 111 mi	Curico	$765
181 km or 112 mi	Godoy Cruz	$812
182 km or 113 mi	Mendoza	$823
185 km or 115 mi	Las Heras	$815
208 km or 129 mi	San Martin	$790
238 km or 148 mi	Talca	$835
251 km or 156 mi	San Rafael	$511
264 km or 164 mi	Constitucion	$814
280 km or 174 mi	Linares	$860
292 km or 181 mi	San Juan	$768
321 km or 199 mi	Ovalle	$735
375 km or 233 mi	Chillan	$642
394 km or 245 mi	Coquimbo	$807
398 km or 247 mi	La Serena	$814
401 km or 249 mi	San Luis	$731
409 km or 254 mi	Tome	$750
426 km or 265 mi	Talcahuano	$671
434 km or 269 mi	Concepcion	$902
455 km or 283 mi	Coronel	$810
456 km or 284 mi	Lujan	$722
464 km or 288 mi	Lota	$800
472 km or 294 mi	Los Angeles	$762
482 km or 300 mi	Villa Mercedes	$710
508 km or 316 mi	Curanilahue	$793
518 km or 322 mi	Angol	$791
542 km or 337 mi	Vallenar	$786
576 km or 358 mi	La Rioja	$680
588 km or 366 mi	Rio Cuarto	$731