Cost of living comparison
Chile is 60.5% more expensive than Albania.
If you lived in Chile instead of Albania, you would:
pay 38.1% more for restaurants
Albania
|
Chile
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$5.36
ALL500
|
$7.40
CLF0.2500
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.88
ALL456
|
$6.77
CLF0.2300
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.31
ALL123
|
$1.38
CLF0.0500
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.63
ALL59
|
$1.08
CLF0.0400
|
|
pay 44.0% more for groceries
Albania
|
Chile
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.68
ALL63
|
$1.32
CLF0.0400
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.07
ALL286
|
$4.79
CLF0.1600
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$5.06
ALL472
|
$4.51
CLF0.1500
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.35
ALL219
|
$3.01
CLF0.1000
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.33
ALL217
|
$2.63
CLF0.0900
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.44
ALL41
|
$0.80
CLF0.0300
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.74
ALL69
|
$0.77
CLF0.0300
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.57
ALL53
|
$0.78
CLF0.0300
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.53
ALL50
|
$0.75
CLF0.0300
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.33
ALL31
|
$0.51
CLF0.0200
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.31
ALL29
|
$0.59
CLF0.0200
|
|
pay 50.3% more for transportation
Albania
|
Chile
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$7.57
ALL706
|
$5.39
CLF0.1800
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$12.57
ALL1,174
|
$46.36
CLF1.5800
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$17,366.08
ALL1,620,791
|
$17,551.34
CLF597.1500
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$22.05
ALL2,058
|
$13.31
CLF0.4500
|
|
pay 74.1% more for housing
Albania
|
Chile
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$16.93
ALL1,581
|
$30.10
CLF1.0200
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$267.36
ALL24,953
|
$449.67
CLF15.3000
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$193.27
ALL18,038
|
$387.32
CLF13.1800
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$65.46
ALL6,109
|
$98.11
CLF3.3400
|
|
pay 2.4 times more for childcare
Albania
|
Chile
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$115.94
ALL10,821
|
$312.26
CLF10.6200
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$2,335.62
ALL217,985
|
$4,973.52
CLF169.2100
|
|
pay 77.7% more for entertainment and sports
Albania
|
Chile
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.45
ALL136
|
$3.15
CLF0.1100
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.30
ALL121
|
$2.82
CLF0.1000
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.08
ALL288
|
$5.89
CLF0.2000
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$32.37
ALL3,021
|
$43.65
CLF1.4900
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.13
ALL478
|
$6.56
CLF0.2200
|
|
pay 1.6% less for clothing
Albania
|
Chile
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$39.49
ALL3,686
|
$47.97
CLF1.6300
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$32.13
ALL2,999
|
$29.36
CLF1.0000
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$69.30
ALL6,468
|
$62.17
CLF2.1200
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$82.40
ALL7,691
|
$74.99
CLF2.5500
|
|
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