Fort Worth vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Fort Worth	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2289	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5688	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$1368	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$2517	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$621	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4336	$777
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	82	91
😀 Quality of life	88	77
🏙️ Population	919K	6.26M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 102% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 1178th and 4686th ($2289 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1073rd 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 1.9 months in Fort Worth compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Fort Worth ranked 47th best city to live in the United States vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 210th and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Santiago

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	Fort Worth	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$60.3	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.92	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.99	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.47	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1480	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1079	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2669	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2125	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$213	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$70	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.68%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2229	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2097	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.24	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$79.5	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.42	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.65	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.15	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.1	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.4	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.22	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.6	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.41	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.02	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.25	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.84	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.36	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.3	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$98.9	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.1	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.6	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1782	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23220	$8040

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2143
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2148
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2165
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2126
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2093
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1883
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2086
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2079
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2105
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2159
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2305
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2012
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1808
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2095
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2149
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2111
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2025
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2224
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2155
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2164
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2184
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2471
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2219
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2214
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2014
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2176
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2258
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2246
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2242
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2538
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2395
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2158

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