Istanbul vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Istanbul	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1248	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3224	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$649	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$1199	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$354	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$125	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$883	$777
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	95	91
😀 Quality of life	76	77
🏙️ Population	15.7M	6.26M

The cost of living in Istanbul is 10% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 4347th and 4686th ($1248 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Turkey and Chile, respectively. Check Turkey vs Chile comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Istanbul compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Istanbul ranked 1st best city to live in Turkey vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 850th and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Istanbul vs Santiago

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

	Istanbul	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.1	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.29	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.14	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.37	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.38	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$529	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1671	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$985	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.3	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$63.7	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$13.4	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	47.81%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3233	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1719	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.74	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.7	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.79	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.11	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.72	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.1	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.49	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.1	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.18	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.19	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.59	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.91	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.7	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.81	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$78.3	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.76	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.1	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$815	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17728	$8040

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Istanbul

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Cayirova	$599
46 km or 28 mi	Gebze	$573
73 km or 45 mi	Korfez	$782
79 km or 49 mi	Kocaeli	$718
83 km or 51 mi	Golcuk	$835
87 km or 54 mi	Izmit	$1113
91 km or 56 mi	Kapakli	$701
92 km or 57 mi	Bursa	$743
96 km or 59 mi	Kartepe	$872
98 km or 61 mi	Corlu	$690
111 km or 69 mi	Bandirma	$679
113 km or 70 mi	Inegol	$708
121 km or 75 mi	Tekirdag	$661
124 km or 77 mi	Adapazari	$455
124 km or 77 mi	Sakarya	$547
129 km or 80 mi	Bilecik	$755
141 km or 88 mi	Luleburgaz	$661
166 km or 103 mi	Kirklareli	$642
176 km or 110 mi	Balikesir	$707
186 km or 115 mi	Duzce	$535
190 km or 118 mi	Eskisehir	$691
192 km or 120 mi	Uzunkopru	$652
197 km or 122 mi	Kutahya	$568
207 km or 129 mi	Burgas	$721
208 km or 129 mi	Karadeniz Eregli	$626
214 km or 133 mi	Edirne	$624
224 km or 139 mi	Bolu	$616
234 km or 145 mi	Soma	$679
236 km or 147 mi	Canakkale	$690
259 km or 161 mi	Varna	$892
260 km or 162 mi	Alexandroupoli	$911
261 km or 162 mi	Yambol	$546
261 km or 162 mi	Usak	$629
284 km or 177 mi	Afyonkarahisar	$464
287 km or 178 mi	Sliven	$631
290 km or 180 mi	Salihli	$677
290 km or 180 mi	Bartin	$710
295 km or 184 mi	Manisa	$638
296 km or 184 mi	Mytilene	$934
299 km or 186 mi	Komotini	$899

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