San Diego vs Tenerife - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	San Diego	Tenerife
🚶 Cost of living one person	$3469	$1705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$7890	$3809
🏠 One person rent	$2370	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$4148	$1677
🍽️ Food expenses	$726	$427
🚐 Transport expenses	$179	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5254	$1533
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	25 km
🎓 Higher education	86	18
😀 Quality of life	93	66
🏙️ Population	1.39M	955K

The cost of living in San Diego is 103% more expensive than in Tenerife. Cities ranked 43rd and 3094th ($3469 vs $1705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 33rd and 10th in the United States and Spain, respectively. Check the United States vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in San Diego compared to 0.9 months in Tenerife. San Diego ranked 26th best city to live in the United States vs Tenerife ranked 84th in Spain, while ranked 97th and 5034th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in San Diego vs Tenerife 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/san-diego/tenerife.jpg" alt="Cost of living in San Diego vs Tenerife infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/san-diego/tenerife" target="_blank">San Diego vs Tenerife - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in San Diego vs Tenerife

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

	San Diego	Tenerife
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$21.5	$12.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$85.1	$55.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$15.1	$9.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.63	$3.03
☕ Cappuccino	$6.32	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.03	$1.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2499	$1006
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2053	$880
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4569	$1799
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3654	$1477
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$156	$68.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$240	$106
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$71	$30.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.43%	3.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9580	$3896
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7151	$2828
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.49	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$71	$40.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.6	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.92	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$6.16	$3.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.3	$14.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.5	$2.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.03	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.11
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.26	$2.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.6	$4.78
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.91	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.3	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$14.9	$8.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9.97	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.53	$2.27
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.47	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$63.1	$50.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$17.9	$9.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$131	$85
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.4	$13.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$89.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$94
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1745	$397
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$28967	$6640

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near San Diego

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Coronado	$3195
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	National	$3013
13 km or 7.8 mi	Lemon Grove	$2932
14 km or 9 mi	Chula Vista	$2972
14 km or 9 mi	La Mesa	$2943
16 km or 9.8 mi	Imperial Beach	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	La Jolla	$2996
21 km or 13 mi	El Cajon	$2988
24 km or 15 mi	Tijuana	$1210
25 km or 15 mi	Santee	$2887
30 km or 19 mi	Poway	$2922
38 km or 24 mi	Encinitas	$3066
40 km or 25 mi	Las Delicias	$1063
43 km or 26 mi	Rosarito Beach	$1055
46 km or 29 mi	Escondido	$3215
47 km or 30 mi	San Marcos	$2931
52 km or 33 mi	Carlsbad	$3252
54 km or 33 mi	Vista	$2930
57 km or 36 mi	Oceanside	$3274
73 km or 46 mi	Fallbrook	$2873
88 km or 55 mi	Temecula	$2681
91 km or 57 mi	San Clemente	$2967
95 km or 59 mi	Murrieta	$3049
97 km or 61 mi	Dana Point	$2994
98 km or 61 mi	French Valley	$2715
99 km or 61 mi	San Juan Capistrano	$3057
99 km or 61 mi	Wildomar	$2776
104 km or 65 mi	Laguna Niguel	$3490
107 km or 66 mi	Laguna Beach	$3075
107 km or 67 mi	Menifee	$2626
109 km or 68 mi	Ensenada	$903
109 km or 68 mi	Lake Elsinore	$2671
110 km or 68 mi	Mission Viejo	$3585
110 km or 69 mi	Laguna Hills	$3037
111 km or 69 mi	Rancho Santa Margarita	$3014
114 km or 71 mi	Aliso Viejo	$3450
114 km or 71 mi	Lake Forest	$2539
115 km or 72 mi	Hemet	$2742
119 km or 74 mi	Perris	$2691
119 km or 74 mi	Temescal Valley	$2782

Cities near Tenerife

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.7 mi	La Orotava	$1633
17 km or 11 mi	Puerto de la Cruz	$1702
37 km or 23 mi	San Cristobal de La Laguna	$1539
41 km or 26 mi	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	$1567
112 km or 69 mi	Santa Lucia de Tirajana	$1455
116 km or 72 mi	Las Palmas	$1484
269 km or 167 mi	Puerto del Rosario	$1278
272 km or 169 mi	Corralejo	$1658
308 km or 191 mi	Arrecife	$1352
358 km or 222 mi	Laayoune	$629
487 km or 302 mi	Canico	$1519
488 km or 303 mi	Funchal	$1561
488 km or 303 mi	Camara de Lobos	$1513
490 km or 305 mi	Santa Cruz	$1517
495 km or 307 mi	Machico	$1515
715 km or 444 mi	Taghazout	$602
721 km or 448 mi	Agadir	$623
726 km or 451 mi	Ait Melloul	$591
751 km or 467 mi	Essaouira	$693
837 km or 520 mi	Safi	$548
911 km or 566 mi	Marrakesh	$765
951 km or 591 mi	El Jadida	$557
1041 km or 647 mi	Casablanca	$936
1061 km or 659 mi	Khouribga	$501
1065 km or 662 mi	Mohammedia	$721
1082 km or 672 mi	Beni Mellal	$477
1116 km or 694 mi	Temara	$680
1128 km or 701 mi	Rabat	$790
1131 km or 703 mi	Sale	$619
1135 km or 705 mi	Nouakchott	$662
1161 km or 721 mi	Kenitra	$604
1223 km or 760 mi	Meknes	$578
1230 km or 764 mi	Lagos	$1724
1241 km or 771 mi	Portimao	$1347
1245 km or 774 mi	Lagoa	$1428
1251 km or 777 mi	Silves	$1468
1253 km or 779 mi	Albufeira	$1910
1266 km or 787 mi	Faro	$1380
1271 km or 790 mi	Loule	$1512
1272 km or 791 mi	Olhao	$1401