South America: Current Cost of Living Index by City
Chart: Cost of Living Index
More information about these indicesRank |
City |
Cost of Living Index |
Rent Index |
Cost of Living Plus Rent Index |
Groceries Index |
Restaurant Price Index |
Local Purchasing Power Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montevideo, Uruguay | 61.5 | 17.3 | 40.2 | 49.1 | 57.0 | 40.3 | |
| Santiago, Chile | 53.1 | 17.0 | 35.7 | 49.8 | 50.3 | 32.3 | |
| Georgetown, Guyana | 46.6 | 10.2 | 29.1 | 47.5 | 40.4 | 22.4 | |
| Sao Paulo, Brazil | 44.1 | 15.9 | 30.5 | 38.1 | 36.7 | 25.0 | |
| Caracas, Venezuela | 43.8 | 11.8 | 28.4 | 39.1 | 45.6 | 9.8 | |
| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 42.2 | 12.1 | 27.7 | 33.0 | 31.1 | 21.5 | |
| Brasilia, Brazil | 40.2 | 11.9 | 26.6 | 33.3 | 32.7 | 39.5 | |
| Guayaquil, Ecuador | 39.3 | 12.6 | 26.5 | 33.6 | 30.5 | 40.0 | |
| Campinas, Brazil | 38.7 | 9.3 | 24.6 | 30.5 | 32.1 | 34.9 | |
| Goiania, Brazil | 38.5 | 7.4 | 23.5 | 30.3 | 25.6 | 22.6 | |
| Florianopolis, Brazil | 38.4 | 11.4 | 25.4 | 31.4 | 33.1 | 29.8 | |
| Cuenca, Ecuador | 38.1 | 11.8 | 25.4 | 35.2 | 28.5 | 29.0 | |
| Porto Alegre, Brazil | 37.6 | 9.1 | 23.9 | 30.6 | 26.1 | 27.4 | |
| Lima, Peru | 37.0 | 14.1 | 26.0 | 33.9 | 25.8 | 30.4 | |
| Belo Horizonte, Brazil | 36.8 | 8.4 | 23.1 | 30.5 | 26.4 | 24.8 | |
| Curitiba, Brazil | 36.7 | 8.5 | 23.1 | 31.2 | 27.8 | 36.3 | |
| Salvador, Brazil | 36.6 | 9.7 | 23.6 | 30.6 | 25.4 | 17.6 | |
| Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil | 36.4 | 9.0 | 23.2 | 31.1 | 27.6 | 34.7 | |
| Quito, Ecuador | 35.7 | 10.5 | 23.6 | 32.3 | 30.1 | 32.5 | |
| Recife, Brazil | 35.7 | 7.0 | 21.9 | 30.1 | 25.2 | 33.9 | |
| La Paz, Bolivia | 34.3 | 8.0 | 21.6 | 29.9 | 23.0 | 41.2 | |
| Fortaleza, Brazil | 33.7 | 6.1 | 20.4 | 31.1 | 25.3 | 19.8 | |
| Buenos Aires, Argentina | 32.9 | 9.0 | 21.4 | 26.2 | 30.1 | 29.6 | |
| Santa Cruz, Bolivia | 32.8 | 10.1 | 21.9 | 26.0 | 28.1 | 28.1 | |
| Asuncion, Paraguay | 30.9 | 12.1 | 21.9 | 26.5 | 23.2 | 26.5 | |
| Medellin, Colombia | 27.2 | 8.9 | 18.4 | 24.5 | 21.3 | 32.1 | |
| Cartagena, Colombia | 27.2 | 12.0 | 19.9 | 24.3 | 19.0 | 29.0 | |
| Bogota, Colombia | 26.7 | 9.7 | 18.5 | 26.0 | 18.7 | 28.8 | |
| Cali, Colombia | 26.0 | 5.6 | 16.2 | 24.6 | 16.8 | 36.2 | |
| Barranquilla, Colombia | 24.4 | 7.1 | 16.1 | 22.3 | 17.6 | 30.0 | |
| Bucaramanga, Colombia | 20.5 | 4.7 | 12.9 | 16.8 | 14.4 | 30.2 |