I am thinking of moving down to Chili for a while, I have heard many mixed reviews on prices of basic living goods, and certain expensive cities to stay away from. Any advice that anyone can give me?


Thanks,

I'm not certainly sure wich city is the cheapest, nevertheless, the cost of living in Chile is more or less like this (in US dollars):
Rent ($/month): from 200 to 800 (small house or apartment to a bigger house (140 m2))
water: $1,5/m3, including water treatment
electricty: $ 1,3 kWh
Telephone: $30 -40/month (fixed line).., mobile $30 up to infinite.. ($0.2/min)
Cable TV: $28/basic 56 channels
Internet: from $35 and up, depending of the speed.
Gasoline: $0.77/liter
Groceries: it depends of the size of a family. We are 5 at home, and I spend about $500/month (including everything, meat, vegetables, cleaning things, care stuff, etc..
Coca-cola: $0,65/liter
Milk: $0,82/liter
Bread: variable, regular bread $1.23/kg
Newspaper: $1.1
City bus (variable): around $0,5/ride
Metro (santiago): 0.65/ride
Tolls (highways): $2.8/100 km
Cinema: $6

2007 Cost of Living Index for Chilean Regions

http://www.udd.cl/prontus_docencia/s...e/cv2007_1.pdf


Yearly Publications can be found at

http://www.udd.cl/prontus_docencia/s...812213444.html