Omaha vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Omaha	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2068	$1133
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5023	$2851
🏠 One person rent	$1218	$502
🏘️ Family rent	$2227	$950
🍽️ Food expenses	$605	$373
🚐 Transport expenses	$97.1	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4141	$777
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	75	91
😀 Quality of life	88	77
🏙️ Population	486K	6.26M

The cost of living in Omaha is 83% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 1666th and 4686th ($2068 vs $1133) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1477th 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 2 months in Omaha compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Omaha ranked 57th best city to live in the United States vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 242nd and 764th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Omaha vs Santiago

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

	Omaha	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$17.4	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.2	$47.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$8.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.92	$3.5
☕ Cappuccino	$4.78	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$1.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1167	$490
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$918	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2548	$956
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1708	$777
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$288	$117
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.3	$20.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.62%	5.21%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1944	$3078
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1801	$3323
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.25	$0.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$55.5	$43.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.8	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.85	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.92	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3	$1.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.48	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.31
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.41	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.02	$2.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$1.78
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.69	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.69	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.5	$5.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.96	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.97	$5.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.36	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.51	$2.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.24	$3.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$38.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$6.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$95.9	$46.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.4	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$94.9	$74.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$917	$414
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24732	$8040

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Omaha

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Council Bluffs	$1794
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bellevue	$2014
44 km or 27 mi	Fremont	$1994
75 km or 47 mi	Lincoln	$1698
114 km or 71 mi	Columbus	$1996
140 km or 87 mi	Sioux	$1759
145 km or 90 mi	Norfolk	$1949
183 km or 114 mi	Waukee	$1859
194 km or 121 mi	Urbandale	$1865
195 km or 121 mi	St. Joseph	$2000
195 km or 121 mi	West Des Moines	$1878
198 km or 123 mi	Johnston	$1857
200 km or 124 mi	Grand Island	$1853
203 km or 126 mi	Des Moines	$1831
205 km or 128 mi	Fort Dodge	$1854
207 km or 129 mi	Ankeny	$1706
213 km or 133 mi	Hastings	$1829
217 km or 135 mi	Ames	$1709
236 km or 147 mi	Manhattan	$1777
236 km or 147 mi	Leavenworth	$2092
248 km or 154 mi	Topeka	$1649
259 km or 161 mi	Junction	$1993
259 km or 161 mi	Sioux Falls	$1848
260 km or 161 mi	Gladstone	$1992
263 km or 163 mi	Liberty	$1922
264 km or 164 mi	Lawrence	$1720
265 km or 165 mi	Kearney	$1684
266 km or 165 mi	Kansas City	$2196
272 km or 169 mi	Marshalltown	$1710
272 km or 169 mi	Shawnee	$2259
275 km or 171 mi	Kansas	$2121
277 km or 172 mi	Lenexa	$2322
278 km or 173 mi	Independence	$1825
279 km or 173 mi	Prairie Village	$2312
283 km or 176 mi	Overland Park	$2437
285 km or 177 mi	Olathe	$2290
285 km or 177 mi	Raytown	$2039
287 km or 178 mi	Leawood	$2325
288 km or 179 mi	Gardner	$2124
291 km or 181 mi	Blue Springs	$1979

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