Santiago is 3.8 times more expensive than Freetown.

If you lived in Santiago instead of Freetown, you would:

pay 61.2% more for restaurants

 
Freetown
Santiago
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $3.84
SLL80,480
$10.94
CLF0.3900
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.00
SLL209,695
$8.55
CLF0.3000
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.00
SLL20,970
$1.47
CLF0.0500

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pay 22.1% more for groceries

 
Freetown
Santiago
Bread
1 loaf
$0.68
SLL14,157
$1.72
CLF0.0600
Local cheese (8 oz) ?? $6.03
CLF0.2100
Milk (1 gallon) $8.64
SLL181,119
$4.75
CLF0.1700

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pay 4.1 times more for transportation

 
Freetown
Santiago
Gasoline (1 gallon) $3.91
SLL82,021
$6.15
CLF0.2200
Monthly public transit pass $4.50
SLL94,363
$48.88
CLF1.7400
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $10,000.00
SLL209,695,000
$17,775.09
CLF633.3400

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pay 65.2% more for housing

 
Freetown
Santiago
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$100.00
SLL2,096,950
$25.79
CLF0.9200
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,438.66
SLL30,168,063
$515.89
CLF18.3800
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $101.90
SLL2,136,862
$484.85
CLF17.2800

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pay 12.3 times more for childcare

 
Freetown
Santiago
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $20.00
SLL419,390
$427.49
CLF15.2300
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $2,000.00
SLL41,939,000
$6,617.78
CLF235.8000

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pay 89.9% more for entertainment and sports

 
Freetown
Santiago
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.25
SLL26,212
$3.91
CLF0.1400
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.74
SLL36,435
$3.12
CLF0.1100
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$2.01
SLL42,205
$5.74
CLF0.2000

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pay 3.8 times more for clothing

 
Freetown
Santiago
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$10.00
SLL209,695
$57.07
CLF2.0300
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$8.00
SLL167,756
$31.83
CLF1.1300
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$20.00
SLL419,390
$74.61
CLF2.6600

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