Punta Arenas
- Population
- 117,000
- Coordinates
- 53.16Β° S, 70.91Β° W
- Time zone
- America/Punta Arenas
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,282 a month in Punta Arenas, rent included: 78% less than in New York. The average net salary is $830 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%46
- Safetycountry20%45
- Health carecountry15%57
- Climate10%62
- Air quality10%100
- Connectivitycountry10%74
- Cost10%60
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Punta Arenas | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $11.12 | $25.00 | β56% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $53.00 | $140 | β62% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $8.21 | $14.00 | β41% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $3.66 | $8.00 | β54% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $5.19 | $10.00 | β48% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $3.92 | $6.37 | β38% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.19 | $3.80 | β42% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.45 | $2.89 | β50% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.29 | $1.36 | β5% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.57 | $4.68 | β66% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.66 | $6.97 | β76% |
| Eggs (12) | $4.27 | $5.73 | β25% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $14.84 | $17.38 | β15% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $9.27 | $15.11 | β39% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $13.42 | $17.77 | β24% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.59 | $6.11 | β58% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.33 | $2.20 | +6% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.27 | $5.77 | β61% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $3.39 | $6.25 | β46% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.48 | $3.47 | β57% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.38 | $4.17 | β43% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.74 | $2.72 | β36% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.85 | $2.50 | β26% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $10.59 | $20.00 | β47% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $2.11 | $3.21 | β34% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.91 | $3.96 | β27% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $5.41 | $19.00 | β72% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $0.64 | $3.00 | β79% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $19.98 | $140 | β86% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $0.53 | $3.00 | β82% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.12 | $2.18 | β3% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $12.72 | $42.00 | β70% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.49 | $1.10 | +35% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $18,020 | $35,458 | β49% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $24,380 | $25,309 | β4% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $10.59 | $73.50 | β86% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $21.55 | $71.93 | β70% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $47.70 | $126 | β62% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $47.70 | $62.38 | β24% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $6.63 | $23.00 | β71% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $424 | $3,366 | β87% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $6,360 | $60,589 | β90% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $60.95 | $72.80 | β16% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $42.40 | $53.22 | β20% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $101 | $118 | β15% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $133 | $125 | +6% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $594 | $4,417 | β87% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $391 | $3,033 | β87% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,002 | $9,242 | β89% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $689 | $5,461 | β87% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $403 | $18,759 | β98% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | β | $6,523 | β |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $830 | $5,178 | β84% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 3.40% | 6.49% | β3.1 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | β | $594 | $830 |
| Aug 2026 | β | $599 | $838 |
| Jul 2026 | β | β | β |
| Jun 2026 | β | β | β |
| Dec 2025 | 45.5 | $618 | $865 |
| May 2025 | 43.9 | $594 | $831 |
| Jan 2025 | 44.5 | $633 | $965 |
| Dec 2024 | 42.0 | $566 | $791 |
| Oct 2024 | 43.9 | $594 | $716 |
| Jul 2024 | β | $588 | $709 |
| Jan 2024 | 38.9 | $603 | $763 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Chile's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Punta Arenas yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Punta Arenas. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Punta Arenas on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 6.3 Β°C
- Warmest monthFebruary
- 9.9 Β°C
- Coldest monthJuly
- 2.5 Β°C
- Rain a year
- 577 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 82%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 2.7 kWh/mΒ²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 1
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
- 62
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 21
- PM2.5
- 0.9Β΅g/mΒ³, mean
- Air score
- 1000-100
Internet
Chile median; city not listed- Upload
- 280Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 5ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 80Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 24ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- βYears of income, 90 mΒ² flat
- Price to rent
- 3.2Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 31.3%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 3.40%20-year fixed
- 80 mΒ² in the centre
- 3.2Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Punta Arenas
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 0Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20265 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 3 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 96%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026