Monaco City vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Monaco City	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$6593	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10079	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$5638	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$6516	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$705	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.7	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6335	$777
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	21	91
😀 Quality of life	63	77
🏙️ Population	38.4K	6.26M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 482% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 2nd and 4686th ($6593 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Monaco and Chile, respectively. Check Monaco vs Chile comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Monaco City compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 4590th and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Monaco City vs Santiago

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	Monaco City	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.1	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.06	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5775	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5319	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6181	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6198	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$269	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.9	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.22%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$79784	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$66886	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.92	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.5	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.56	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.3	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.4	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11.1	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.49	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.9	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.6	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.4	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$151	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2055	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$41744	$8040

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$6747
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1364
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1673
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1452
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1650
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1362
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1707
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1344
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1074
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1203
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1512
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1338
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1308
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1470
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1209
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1424
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1568
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1293
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1571
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1401
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1389
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1202
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1496
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1348
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1478
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1162
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1434
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1503
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1338
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1271
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1157
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1328
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1474
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1280
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1495
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1576
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1334
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1371
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1310
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1496

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