Chicago vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Chicago	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2678	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6655	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$1596	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$2946	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$700	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$200	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4876	$777
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	100	91
😀 Quality of life	95	77
🏙️ Population	2.75M	6.26M

The cost of living in Chicago is 136% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 529th and 4686th ($2678 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 483rd and 1st in the United States and Chile, respectively. Check the United States vs Chile comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Chicago compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Chicago ranked 3rd best city to live in the United States vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 23rd and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chicago vs Santiago

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	Chicago	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.9	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$90.6	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$5.4	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.95	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1841	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1327	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3729	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2474	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$104	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$62.1	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3391	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2689	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.48	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.1	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.1	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.06	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.94	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.68	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.61	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.3	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.84	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.43	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.81	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.04	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$15	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.63	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.8	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$127	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$29.8	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$59	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.4	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2114	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24502	$8040

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Cities near Chicago

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Cicero	$2425
14 km or 8.8 mi	Berwyn	$2421
14 km or 8.9 mi	Oak Park	$2510
16 km or 10 mi	Elmwood Park	$2426
18 km or 11 mi	Maywood	$2444
18 km or 11 mi	Evanston	$2194
19 km or 12 mi	Skokie	$2256
19 km or 12 mi	Burbank	$2401
20 km or 12 mi	Melrose Park	$2418
21 km or 13 mi	Oak Lawn	$2384
22 km or 14 mi	Morton Grove	$2314
22 km or 14 mi	Niles	$2334
23 km or 14 mi	Park Ridge	$2389
23 km or 14 mi	Wilmette	$2264
25 km or 16 mi	Blue Island	$2377
26 km or 16 mi	Elmhurst	$2392
27 km or 17 mi	Glenview	$2363
28 km or 17 mi	Des Plaines	$2509
28 km or 18 mi	Dolton	$2359
29 km or 18 mi	Villa Park	$2393
30 km or 19 mi	Harvey	$2360
30 km or 19 mi	East Chicago	$1938
30 km or 19 mi	Westmont	$2362
31 km or 19 mi	Calumet	$2363
31 km or 20 mi	South Holland	$2344
32 km or 20 mi	Lombard	$2396
32 km or 20 mi	Hammond	$1948
32 km or 20 mi	Oak Forest	$2350
33 km or 20 mi	Northbrook	$2378
33 km or 20 mi	Mount Prospect	$2446
33 km or 20 mi	Darien	$2369
33 km or 21 mi	Elk Grove Village	$2506
34 km or 21 mi	Downers Grove	$2342
35 km or 22 mi	Orland Park	$2367
36 km or 22 mi	Lansing	$2342
36 km or 22 mi	Glen Ellyn	$2227
37 km or 23 mi	Highland Park	$2345
37 km or 23 mi	Munster	$1954
37 km or 23 mi	Tinley Park	$2351
37 km or 23 mi	Wheeling	$2371

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