Buenos Aires vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$791	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2623
🏠 One person rent	$365	$486
🏘️ Family rent	$638	$869
🍽️ Food expenses	$261	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.1	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$374	$674
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	79	91
😀 Quality of life	71	77
🏙️ Population	3.12M	6.26M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 26% less expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 6407th and 4828th ($791 vs $1075) 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 0.5 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.6 months in Santiago. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 2311th and 685th 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	$7.12	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$41.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.85	$8.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$440	$487
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$368
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$884	$862
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$506	$705
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.5	$73.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.2	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$20.1	$20.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	23.96%	5.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2326	$2369
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1774	$2543
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.15	$0.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.7	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.13	$10.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.33
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.27	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2	$3.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.97	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$6.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.59	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.4	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.36	$5.76
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.1	$1.3
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.08	$5.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$4.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.24	$4.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.82	$2.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.88	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.5	$43.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4	$5.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.1	$36.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.64	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$75	$48.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$115	$70.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$202	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6679	$6400

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$645
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$657
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$650
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$608
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$658
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$658
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$643
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$661
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$589
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$648
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$639
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$705
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$650
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$642
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$654
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$536
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$547
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$683
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$624
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$598
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$644
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$540
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$639
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$678
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$665
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$666
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$559
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$558
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$679
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$626
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$629
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$579
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$597
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$577
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$626
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$623
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$581
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$623
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$581
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$605

Cities near Santiago

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	San Bernardo	$763
20 km or 12 mi	Puente Alto	$862
69 km or 43 mi	Los Andes	$743
78 km or 48 mi	San Felipe	$699
80 km or 50 mi	Rancagua	$785
80 km or 50 mi	Villa Alemana	$827
83 km or 52 mi	Quillota	$828
85 km or 53 mi	Quilpue	$825
89 km or 55 mi	San Antonio	$1044
95 km or 59 mi	Vina del Mar	$854
99 km or 62 mi	Valparaiso	$888
130 km or 80 mi	San Fernando	$781
179 km or 111 mi	Curico	$730
181 km or 112 mi	Godoy Cruz	$450
182 km or 113 mi	Mendoza	$433
185 km or 115 mi	Las Heras	$451
208 km or 129 mi	San Martin	$450
238 km or 148 mi	Talca	$724
251 km or 156 mi	San Rafael	$429
264 km or 164 mi	Constitucion	$768
280 km or 174 mi	Linares	$816
292 km or 181 mi	San Juan	$680
321 km or 199 mi	Ovalle	$747
375 km or 233 mi	Chillan	$693
394 km or 245 mi	Coquimbo	$761
398 km or 247 mi	La Serena	$782
401 km or 249 mi	San Luis	$356
409 km or 254 mi	Tome	$753
426 km or 265 mi	Talcahuano	$686
434 km or 269 mi	Concepcion	$870
455 km or 283 mi	Coronel	$810
456 km or 284 mi	Lujan	$439
464 km or 288 mi	Lota	$794
472 km or 294 mi	Los Angeles	$757
482 km or 300 mi	Villa Mercedes	$418
508 km or 316 mi	Curanilahue	$776
518 km or 322 mi	Angol	$771
542 km or 337 mi	Vallenar	$760
576 km or 358 mi	La Rioja	$368
588 km or 366 mi	Rio Cuarto	$440