Denver vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Denver	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2775	$1108
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$6485	$2721
🏠 One person rent	$1690	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$2926	$858
🍽️ Food expenses	$695	$360
🚐 Transport expenses	$164	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4922	$844
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	20 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	91	91
😀 Quality of life	91	81
🏙️ Population	716K	6.26M

The cost of living in Denver is 151% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 434th and 4939th ($2775 vs $1108) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 376th 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 Denver compared to 0.8 months in Santiago. Denver ranked 53rd best city to live in the United States vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 183rd and 672nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Denver vs Santiago infographic

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

Prices in Denver vs Santiago

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

	Denver	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.6	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$78.9	$47.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.9	$7.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.19	$3.49
☕ Cappuccino	$5.66	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.97	$1.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1831	$509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1450	$369
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3135	$896
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2601	$675
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$103	$77.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$158	$119
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$61	$20.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.34%	5.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5007	$2583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3720	$3493
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.75	$0.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$101	$41.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.05	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.84	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.45	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.24	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.7	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$6.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.1	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.54	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$1.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.94	$2.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$17.5	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.03	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11	$5.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$4.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.81	$2.36
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.8	$43.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16.5	$6.31
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$199	$40.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$26.2	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$65.9	$56
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1571	$425
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16240	$9190

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Denver

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.3 mi	Wheat Ridge	$2597
10 km or 6.4 mi	Englewood	$2407
11 km or 6.7 mi	Lakewood	$2552
11 km or 7 mi	Arvada	$2605
12 km or 7.3 mi	Westminster	$2638
13 km or 8.3 mi	Commerce	$2416
14 km or 8.9 mi	Littleton	$2321
15 km or 9.4 mi	Aurora	$2735
18 km or 11 mi	Northglenn	$2677
18 km or 11 mi	Thornton	$2744
20 km or 12 mi	Centennial	$2540
22 km or 13 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2617
22 km or 14 mi	Broomfield	$2961
30 km or 19 mi	Brighton	$2596
30 km or 19 mi	Lafayette	$2760
31 km or 19 mi	Parker	$2537
41 km or 25 mi	Boulder	$2876
42 km or 26 mi	Castle Rock	$2520
49 km or 31 mi	Longmont	$2760
75 km or 46 mi	Loveland	$2465
79 km or 49 mi	Greeley	$2019
92 km or 57 mi	Fort Collins	$2231
99 km or 61 mi	Colorado Springs	$2430
113 km or 70 mi	Security-Widefield	$2377
119 km or 74 mi	Fountain	$2385
157 km or 98 mi	Cheyenne	$1771
167 km or 104 mi	Pueblo	$2353
182 km or 113 mi	Laramie	$1895
262 km or 163 mi	Scottsbluff	$1850
317 km or 197 mi	Grand Junction	$2263
362 km or 225 mi	Casper	$1628
376 km or 233 mi	Taos	$2407
389 km or 242 mi	North Platte	$1824
407 km or 253 mi	Garden	$1705
412 km or 256 mi	Rock Springs	$1516
426 km or 265 mi	Espanola	$2235
434 km or 270 mi	Farmington	$2514
461 km or 286 mi	Santa Fe	$2204
463 km or 288 mi	Liberal	$1699
484 km or 300 mi	Dodge	$1753

Cities near Santiago

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	San Bernardo	$768
20 km or 12 mi	Puente Alto	$874
69 km or 43 mi	Los Andes	$760
78 km or 48 mi	San Felipe	$714
80 km or 50 mi	Rancagua	$780
80 km or 50 mi	Villa Alemana	$839
83 km or 52 mi	Quillota	$849
85 km or 53 mi	Quilpue	$845
89 km or 55 mi	San Antonio	$1065
95 km or 59 mi	Vina del Mar	$885
99 km or 62 mi	Valparaiso	$908
130 km or 80 mi	San Fernando	$911
179 km or 111 mi	Curico	$752
181 km or 112 mi	Godoy Cruz	$877
182 km or 113 mi	Mendoza	$897
185 km or 115 mi	Las Heras	$877
208 km or 129 mi	San Martin	$838
238 km or 148 mi	Talca	$821
251 km or 156 mi	San Rafael	$639
264 km or 164 mi	Constitucion	$806
280 km or 174 mi	Linares	$848
292 km or 181 mi	San Juan	$578
321 km or 199 mi	Ovalle	$724
375 km or 233 mi	Chillan	$666
394 km or 245 mi	Coquimbo	$829
398 km or 247 mi	La Serena	$833
401 km or 249 mi	San Luis	$756
409 km or 254 mi	Tome	$746
426 km or 265 mi	Talcahuano	$657
434 km or 269 mi	Concepcion	$874
455 km or 283 mi	Coronel	$801
456 km or 284 mi	Lujan	$750
464 km or 288 mi	Lota	$800
472 km or 294 mi	Los Angeles	$840
482 km or 300 mi	Villa Mercedes	$752
508 km or 316 mi	Curanilahue	$800
518 km or 322 mi	Angol	$819
542 km or 337 mi	Vallenar	$798
576 km or 358 mi	La Rioja	$571
588 km or 366 mi	Rio Cuarto	$827