Mississauga vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Mississauga	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2370	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4796	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$1614	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$2550	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$514	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3215	$777
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	92	91
😀 Quality of life	92	77
🏙️ Population	718K	6.26M

The cost of living in Mississauga is 109% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 1006th and 4686th ($2370 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Canada and Chile, respectively. Check Canada vs Chile comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Mississauga compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Mississauga ranked 4th best city to live in Canada vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 89th and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Mississauga vs Santiago

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	Mississauga	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.1	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.3	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.6	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.48	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$3.82	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.64	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1607	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1420	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2541	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2283	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.5	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.46%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8197	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6621	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.82	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92.1	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.07	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.54	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.7	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.2	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.23	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.19	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.6	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.7	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$39.2	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.2	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$80	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$498	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10536	$8040

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Cities near Mississauga

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.2 mi	Brampton	$1946
17 km or 10 mi	Oakville	$2142
23 km or 14 mi	Toronto	$2453
24 km or 15 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
29 km or 18 mi	Vaughan	$2267
33 km or 20 mi	Burlington	$2185
36 km or 23 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
42 km or 26 mi	Hamilton	$2017
45 km or 28 mi	Markham	$2291
49 km or 30 mi	Guelph	$1899
51 km or 32 mi	Orangeville	$1861
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
57 km or 35 mi	Ajax	$2432
57 km or 36 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Cambridge	$2089
68 km or 42 mi	Brantford	$1783
69 km or 43 mi	Kitchener	$2056
71 km or 44 mi	Waterloo	$1977
72 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
72 km or 45 mi	Oshawa	$1554
76 km or 47 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
76 km or 47 mi	Welland	$1554
86 km or 53 mi	Grand Island	$2009
88 km or 55 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 55 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
93 km or 58 mi	Lockport	$2021
98 km or 61 mi	Amherst	$2013
101 km or 63 mi	Buffalo	$2183
107 km or 66 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
108 km or 67 mi	West Seneca	$2145
109 km or 68 mi	Stratford	$1680
110 km or 68 mi	Clarence	$2056
113 km or 70 mi	Orillia	$1910
113 km or 70 mi	Lancaster	$2082
115 km or 72 mi	Hamburg	$2101
119 km or 74 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Peterborough	$1990
146 km or 91 mi	London	$1936
149 km or 92 mi	Owen Sound	$1799
163 km or 101 mi	Chili	$2081

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