 One of the most common questions we get here at Total Uruguay is about the cost of living Uruguay. It is also one of the most difficult and frustrating inquiries to try to answer because cost of living depends very much of the individual spending.
We have written a helpful article for our "Guide To Living In Uruguay" about how to estimate your cost of living. It is NOT a big list of prices as this information becomes quickly outdated. Instead it is a guide with resources to help you find the prices for those items you will buy when living here. Our personal differences, needs and expectations can make one persons cost of living very reasonable or unreasonable for another person, so now you can get an idea of what costs are applicable to you.
I would really recommend that you spend at least 6 months if not a year living in Uruguay before you make any judgements about the cost of living. Fluctuations in the value of the dollar can also have a significant impact. In the 4+ years I've lived here the US Dollar has been worth anywhere from almost 18 to almost 25 pesos - this really affects your view of the "cost" of living.
Shirley pointed us in the direction of a government website that lists a whole range of regularly updated prices. The government of Uruguay monitors fluctuation in costs and keeps a comprehensive list of prices for common food and grocery items from both supermarkets and street markets (ferias). They have a very detailed website with PDF files, and spreadsheets but the whole site is in Spanish which may make it difficult for some expats to make use of. As such we have taken all of the information they provide and designed an easy to read English version which will help you get to grips with the everyday prices in Uruguay.
This English version aims to make the information more readable and accessible for non-Spanish speakers. The first presentation is a comparison of the fruit and vegetable prices at 3 local street markets (ferias) in Montevideo. This will be updated about once a month as new data is provided on the government website above. Before long I hope to also display a monthly comparison of the average feria prices and possibly a list of supermarket prices also.
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