Columbus vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Columbus	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2127	$1191
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5086	$2945
🏠 One person rent	$1221	$532
🏘️ Family rent	$2077	$934
🍽️ Food expenses	$642	$397
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3894	$881
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	73	92
😀 Quality of life	92	80
🏙️ Population	906K	6.26M

The cost of living in Columbus is 79% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 1686th and 4795th ($2127 vs $1191) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1354th 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 Columbus compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Columbus ranked 17th best city to live in the United States vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 96th and 688th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/columbus/santiago.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Columbus vs Santiago infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/columbus/santiago" target="_blank">Columbus vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Columbus vs Santiago

Prices for goods and services in Columbus and Santiago are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Columbus	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$11.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$66.4	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$8.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.36	$4
☕ Cappuccino	$4.76	$3.78
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.53	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1328	$573
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$934	$393
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2183	$1028
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1691	$724
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$147	$81.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$226	$127
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.35%	5.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3248	$2897
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2159	$3070
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.99	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$47.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$8.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.1	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.02	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.12	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$7.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.64	$2.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.03	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$1.81
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$0.86
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.75	$2.39
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.8	$7.03
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.81	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.61	$6.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.22	$4.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.76	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.07	$2.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.5	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$7.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$85.7	$46.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$17.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.3	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1272	$493
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24638	$10578

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Columbus

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Upper Arlington	$2080
11 km or 7.1 mi	Grove	$2048
13 km or 8.3 mi	Gahanna	$1994
15 km or 9 mi	Hilliard	$2093
17 km or 11 mi	Reynoldsburg	$1992
18 km or 11 mi	Dublin	$2123
19 km or 12 mi	Westerville	$1816
22 km or 13 mi	Pickerington	$1982
38 km or 24 mi	Delaware	$2029
43 km or 27 mi	Lancaster	$1911
43 km or 27 mi	Marysville	$1975
51 km or 32 mi	Newark	$1872
69 km or 43 mi	Springfield	$1813
70 km or 43 mi	Chillicothe	$1919
70 km or 44 mi	Marion	$1922
84 km or 52 mi	Zanesville	$1746
86 km or 53 mi	Xenia	$1831
89 km or 55 mi	Fairborn	$1756
94 km or 59 mi	Beavercreek	$1822
97 km or 60 mi	Huber Heights	$1831
97 km or 60 mi	Mansfield	$1594
98 km or 61 mi	Riverside	$1877
103 km or 64 mi	Kettering	$1931
103 km or 64 mi	Troy	$1849
104 km or 65 mi	Athens	$1582
104 km or 65 mi	Centerville	$1915
105 km or 65 mi	Dayton	$1901
105 km or 65 mi	Sidney	$1863
108 km or 67 mi	Piqua	$1833
112 km or 69 mi	Trotwood	$1933
116 km or 72 mi	Ashland	$1580
120 km or 74 mi	Lebanon	$1864
128 km or 80 mi	Middletown	$1554
128 km or 80 mi	Lima	$2110
130 km or 81 mi	Wooster	$1530
131 km or 81 mi	Mason	$1904
132 km or 82 mi	Findlay	$1859
136 km or 84 mi	Portsmouth	$1468
144 km or 90 mi	New Philadelphia	$1791
146 km or 91 mi	Norwalk	$1935

Cities near Santiago

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	San Bernardo	$848
20 km or 12 mi	Puente Alto	$966
69 km or 43 mi	Los Andes	$840
78 km or 48 mi	San Felipe	$790
80 km or 50 mi	Rancagua	$879
80 km or 50 mi	Villa Alemana	$930
83 km or 52 mi	Quillota	$941
85 km or 53 mi	Quilpue	$943
89 km or 55 mi	San Antonio	$1180
95 km or 59 mi	Vina del Mar	$974
99 km or 62 mi	Valparaiso	$987
130 km or 80 mi	San Fernando	$1008
179 km or 111 mi	Curico	$826
181 km or 112 mi	Godoy Cruz	$895
182 km or 113 mi	Mendoza	$907
185 km or 115 mi	Las Heras	$893
208 km or 129 mi	San Martin	$860
238 km or 148 mi	Talca	$921
251 km or 156 mi	San Rafael	$642
264 km or 164 mi	Constitucion	$900
280 km or 174 mi	Linares	$935
292 km or 181 mi	San Juan	$589
321 km or 199 mi	Ovalle	$804
375 km or 233 mi	Chillan	$740
394 km or 245 mi	Coquimbo	$915
398 km or 247 mi	La Serena	$929
401 km or 249 mi	San Luis	$764
409 km or 254 mi	Tome	$830
426 km or 265 mi	Talcahuano	$747
434 km or 269 mi	Concepcion	$973
455 km or 283 mi	Coronel	$897
456 km or 284 mi	Lujan	$759
464 km or 288 mi	Lota	$887
472 km or 294 mi	Los Angeles	$938
482 km or 300 mi	Villa Mercedes	$768
508 km or 316 mi	Curanilahue	$893
518 km or 322 mi	Angol	$916
542 km or 337 mi	Vallenar	$891
576 km or 358 mi	La Rioja	$577
588 km or 366 mi	Rio Cuarto	$849