Douala vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Douala	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1265	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3165	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$676	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1351	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.5	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$147	$777
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	21	91
😀 Quality of life	34	77
🏙️ Population	2.77M	6.26M

The cost of living in Douala is 12% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 4304th and 4686th ($1265 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Cameroon and Chile, respectively. Check Cameroon vs Chile comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Douala compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Douala ranked 1st best city to live in Cameroon vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 7681st and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Douala vs Santiago

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	Douala	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$112	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.75	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$746	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1743	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1010	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.8	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.25%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$920	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.88	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.58	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.39	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.58	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$478	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3126	$8040

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Cities near Douala

Distance	City	Cost of living
53 km or 33 mi	Buea	$601
54 km or 33 mi	Limbe	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Kumba	$764
108 km or 67 mi	Malabo	$741
176 km or 110 mi	Bafoussam	$555
182 km or 113 mi	Calabar	$384
203 km or 126 mi	Yaounde	$747
216 km or 134 mi	Bamenda	$553
245 km or 152 mi	Bata	$1121
285 km or 177 mi	Aba	$621
296 km or 184 mi	Umuahia	$883
309 km or 192 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
336 km or 209 mi	Owerri	$1611
361 km or 224 mi	Enugu	$462
377 km or 234 mi	Awka	$805
400 km or 248 mi	Onitsha	$972
408 km or 253 mi	Libreville	$668
467 km or 290 mi	Warri	$881
518 km or 322 mi	Benin	$558
529 km or 328 mi	Sao Tome	$900
536 km or 333 mi	Trindade	$900
540 km or 335 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
563 km or 350 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
573 km or 356 mi	Owo	$651
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1502
612 km or 381 mi	Akure	$634
635 km or 395 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
660 km or 410 mi	Jos	$820
675 km or 419 mi	Berberati	$482
683 km or 425 mi	Ife	$779
697 km or 433 mi	Bauchi	$759
702 km or 436 mi	Osogbo	$695
709 km or 441 mi	Minna	$743
712 km or 443 mi	Garoua	$556
740 km or 460 mi	Ibadan	$776
747 km or 464 mi	Lagos	$1113
754 km or 469 mi	Ilorin	$535
762 km or 473 mi	Kaduna	$371
764 km or 475 mi	Oyo	$677
783 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1030

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