Kingstown vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Kingstown	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1000	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2468	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$370	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$623	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$455	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.7	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$615	$777
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	4	91
😀 Quality of life	26	77
🏙️ Population	13.9K	6.26M

The cost of living in Kingstown is 12% less expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 5500th and 4686th ($1000 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Saint Vincent and Chile, respectively. Check Saint Vincent vs Chile comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Kingstown compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Kingstown ranked 2nd best city to live in Saint Vincent vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 8510th and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kingstown vs Santiago

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	Kingstown	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.63	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.3	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.79	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.72	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.11	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$256	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$630	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$451	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.6	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$85.9	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.98%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$600	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$601	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.68	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$59.2	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.8	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.87	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.68	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.34	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.9	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.2	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.16	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.31	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.22	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.9	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.7	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.43	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.64	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.78	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.5	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.4	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$37.8	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.79	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$102	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$184	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7119	$8040

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Cities near Kingstown

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Georgetown	$1007
69 km or 43 mi	Vieux Fort	$1197
98 km or 61 mi	Castries	$1161
124 km or 77 mi	Grenville	$1070
136 km or 85 mi	St. George's	$1062
160 km or 100 mi	Fort-de-France	$1568
173 km or 107 mi	Holetown	$1418
175 km or 109 mi	Bridgetown	$1353
227 km or 141 mi	Scarborough	$1084
238 km or 148 mi	Roseau	$1015
269 km or 167 mi	Portsmouth	$1123
280 km or 174 mi	Port of Spain	$1193
281 km or 175 mi	San Juan	$1178
296 km or 184 mi	Chaguanas	$1064
319 km or 198 mi	Basse-Terre	$1508
322 km or 200 mi	San Fernando	$953
339 km or 210 mi	Petit-Bourg	$1497
341 km or 212 mi	Sainte-Anne	$1505
346 km or 215 mi	Les Abymes	$1489
347 km or 216 mi	Baie-Mahault	$1501
352 km or 219 mi	Le Moule	$1499
353 km or 219 mi	Carupano	$737
372 km or 231 mi	La Asuncion	$695
376 km or 234 mi	Porlamar	$684
436 km or 271 mi	Maturin	$890
436 km or 271 mi	All Saints	$1037
440 km or 273 mi	Cumana	$716
445 km or 276 mi	St. John's	$1039
465 km or 289 mi	Tucupita	$777
487 km or 302 mi	Basseterre	$1373
492 km or 306 mi	Cayon	$1377
493 km or 306 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
502 km or 312 mi	Lecheria	$837
505 km or 314 mi	Barcelona	$858
545 km or 338 mi	Anaco	$639
548 km or 341 mi	Cantaura	$674
557 km or 346 mi	Ciudad Guayana	$890
574 km or 357 mi	Philipsburg	$1968
579 km or 360 mi	El Tigre	$746
587 km or 365 mi	Upata	$789

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