Edinburgh vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Edinburgh	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2140	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5387	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$2336	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3522	$777
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	88	91
😀 Quality of life	94	77
🏙️ Population	488K	6.26M

The cost of living in Edinburgh is 89% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 1491st and 4686th ($2140 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 36th and 1st in the United Kingdom and Chile, respectively. Check the United Kingdom vs Chile comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Edinburgh compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Edinburgh ranked 3rd best city to live in the United Kingdom vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 34th and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Edinburgh vs Santiago

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	Edinburgh	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.21	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.09	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.64	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.55	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1331	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$970	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2573	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1865	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$188	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$291	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.4	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.75%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6219	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4199	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.54	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$83	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$27.8	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.82	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.6	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.69	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.14	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.87	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.62	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.38	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.87	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.5	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.9	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.9	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.45	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.07	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$50.2	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.1	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$106	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$21.5	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$111	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$106	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1772	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21911	$8040

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Cities near Edinburgh

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Kirkcaldy	$1610
21 km or 13 mi	Livingston	$1608
21 km or 13 mi	Dunfermline	$1692
42 km or 26 mi	Alloa	$1649
49 km or 30 mi	Cumbernauld	$1475
49 km or 31 mi	Stirling	$1604
52 km or 32 mi	Perth	$1500
56 km or 35 mi	Hamilton	$1699
59 km or 37 mi	Dundee	$1482
65 km or 40 mi	East Kilbride	$1763
66 km or 41 mi	Glasgow	$2011
78 km or 48 mi	Paisley	$1765
89 km or 56 mi	Kilmarnock	$1480
98 km or 61 mi	Greenock	$1601
99 km or 61 mi	Irvine	$1551
102 km or 63 mi	Dumfries	$1246
105 km or 65 mi	Ayr	$1404
120 km or 74 mi	Carlisle	$1567
147 km or 91 mi	Newcastle upon Tyne	$1726
149 km or 93 mi	Aberdeen	$1614
150 km or 93 mi	Gateshead	$1705
153 km or 95 mi	Tynemouth	$1638
153 km or 95 mi	Jarrow	$1651
154 km or 96 mi	South Shields	$1628
158 km or 98 mi	Washington	$1637
158 km or 98 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
164 km or 102 mi	Sunderland	$1510
166 km or 103 mi	Durham	$1707
173 km or 107 mi	Bishop Auckland	$1592
182 km or 113 mi	Inverness	$1722
189 km or 117 mi	Hartlepool	$1328
189 km or 117 mi	Elgin	$1393
190 km or 118 mi	Darlington	$1288
194 km or 121 mi	Stockton-on-Tees	$1377
197 km or 123 mi	Middlesbrough	$1500
211 km or 131 mi	Morecambe	$1714
212 km or 132 mi	Bangor	$1382
213 km or 132 mi	Lancaster	$1629
216 km or 134 mi	Douglas	$1968
224 km or 139 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692

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