Chile Forum

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I know of a family in Quielen (a beautiful fishing village in Chiloe not to be confused with it's uglier sister-town Quellon) that rents a room in their house (a nice little house) with full pension (breakfast/snack/lunch/snack/dinner... yes that is five courses a day) and they were charging 145k CLP per month, this was last September. You will probably be able to find hundreds of such homes scattered throughout the villages of the country.

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It is possible to live in Chile on say 350,000 pesos a month or so, it is just not EASY to live in chile on 350,000 pesos a month. Especially for a foreigner with inclinations or needs that require imported goods or other "luxuries".

You are at the minimum going to have to look to more rural areas. Not going to happen in Santiago (not in a good way anyway).

How rural, well that is up to your tolerance level.

Your upfront costs are mostly going to happen in the first year. Moving, immigration, shipping, exploring, and so on. If you have some savings to buy something, then that will go a long way to bringing your monthly cost of living down.