Port Vila vs Santiago - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Port Vila	Santiago
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2036	$1186
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4465	$2931
🏠 One person rent	$1277	$538
🏘️ Family rent	$2221	$937
🍽️ Food expenses	$602	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$48.3	$153
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$234	$860
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	1	92
😀 Quality of life	50	81
🏙️ Population	49K	6.26M

The cost of living in Port Vila is 72% more expensive than in Santiago. Cities ranked 1927th and 4785th ($2036 vs $1186) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Vanuatu and Chile, respectively. Check Vanuatu vs Chile comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Port Vila compared to 0.7 months in Santiago. Port Vila ranked 1st best city to live in Vanuatu vs Santiago ranked 1st in Chile, while ranked 6693rd and 637th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

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

Prices in Port Vila vs Santiago

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

	Port Vila	Santiago
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.7	$11.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.4	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$8.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.06	$4.3
☕ Cappuccino	$4.6	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.24	$1.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1426	$612
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1014	$387
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2610	$1129
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1854	$699
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$65.9	$84.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$115	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.07%	5.35%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4923	$2854
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2243	$2901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66.7	$44.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.27	$8.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.7	$1.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.76	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.23	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$1.54
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6	$4.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.2	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$7.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$2.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.06	$1.96
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.13	$1.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.33	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.6	$6.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.82	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$5.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.98	$3.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.63	$4.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$3.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.76	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$67.4	$39.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.5	$7.23
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.9	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.6	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$621	$484
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6882	$12174

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Port Vila

Distance	City	Cost of living
274 km or 171 mi	Luganville	$2020
526 km or 327 mi	Dumbea	$1844
528 km or 328 mi	Paita	$1851
538 km or 334 mi	Noumea	$1911
965 km or 600 mi	Nadi	$1095
970 km or 603 mi	Lautoka	$680
1073 km or 667 mi	Suva	$891
1080 km or 671 mi	Nasinu	$910
1291 km or 802 mi	Honiara	$1502
1293 km or 804 mi	Auki	$1491
1563 km or 971 mi	Vaiaku	$714
1565 km or 972 mi	Funafuti	$714
1769 km or 1099 mi	Nukualofa	$1032
1779 km or 1105 mi	Mua	$1033
1800 km or 1119 mi	Hervey Bay	$1883
1829 km or 1137 mi	Bundaberg	$1720
1852 km or 1151 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1838
1855 km or 1152 mi	Caloundra	$1863
1883 km or 1170 mi	Caboolture	$1992
1895 km or 1178 mi	Gladstone	$1643
1900 km or 1181 mi	Southport	$2341
1901 km or 1181 mi	Brisbane	$2323
1903 km or 1182 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
1919 km or 1192 mi	Yaren	$788
1925 km or 1196 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
1932 km or 1200 mi	Ipswich	$1825
1953 km or 1214 mi	Rockhampton	$1642
1997 km or 1241 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
2076 km or 1290 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
2085 km or 1296 mi	Whangarei	$1239
2123 km or 1319 mi	Manase	$790
2169 km or 1347 mi	Apia	$789
2172 km or 1350 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
2189 km or 1360 mi	Hibiscus Coast	$1745
2190 km or 1361 mi	South Tarawa	$526
2199 km or 1367 mi	Armidale	$1273
2217 km or 1377 mi	Auckland	$2100
2220 km or 1380 mi	Waitakere	$1752
2234 km or 1388 mi	Manukau	$1553
2257 km or 1402 mi	Pukekohe	$1530

Cities near Santiago

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	San Bernardo	$807
20 km or 12 mi	Puente Alto	$926
69 km or 43 mi	Los Andes	$801
78 km or 48 mi	San Felipe	$741
80 km or 50 mi	Rancagua	$831
80 km or 50 mi	Villa Alemana	$891
83 km or 52 mi	Quillota	$896
85 km or 53 mi	Quilpue	$904
89 km or 55 mi	San Antonio	$1114
95 km or 59 mi	Vina del Mar	$957
99 km or 62 mi	Valparaiso	$937
130 km or 80 mi	San Fernando	$981
179 km or 111 mi	Curico	$828
181 km or 112 mi	Godoy Cruz	$930
182 km or 113 mi	Mendoza	$930
185 km or 115 mi	Las Heras	$928
208 km or 129 mi	San Martin	$898
238 km or 148 mi	Talca	$876
251 km or 156 mi	San Rafael	$699
264 km or 164 mi	Constitucion	$860
280 km or 174 mi	Linares	$908
292 km or 181 mi	San Juan	$626
321 km or 199 mi	Ovalle	$757
375 km or 233 mi	Chillan	$718
394 km or 245 mi	Coquimbo	$883
398 km or 247 mi	La Serena	$882
401 km or 249 mi	San Luis	$740
409 km or 254 mi	Tome	$788
426 km or 265 mi	Talcahuano	$702
434 km or 269 mi	Concepcion	$923
455 km or 283 mi	Coronel	$848
456 km or 284 mi	Lujan	$788
464 km or 288 mi	Lota	$842
472 km or 294 mi	Los Angeles	$890
482 km or 300 mi	Villa Mercedes	$795
508 km or 316 mi	Curanilahue	$851
518 km or 322 mi	Angol	$872
542 km or 337 mi	Vallenar	$844
576 km or 358 mi	La Rioja	$590
588 km or 366 mi	Rio Cuarto	$895