Albuquerque vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Albuquerque	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2026	$1199
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5037	$2897
🏠 One person rent	$1168	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$606	$466
🚐 Transport expenses	$95.4	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3847	$302
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	9 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	27	54
😀 Quality of life	83	52
🏙️ Population	565K	2.25M

The cost of living in Albuquerque is 69% more expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 1965th and 4773rd ($2026 vs $1199) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1541st and 1st in the United States and Venezuela, respectively. Check the United States vs Venezuela comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Albuquerque compared to 0.3 months in Caracas. Albuquerque ranked 185th best city to live in the United States vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 561st and 6562nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Albuquerque vs Caracas

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	Albuquerque	Caracas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73.4	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$9.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.02	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$5.25	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.76	$1.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1143	$544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$961	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2114	$981
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1766	$653
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$102	$19.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$159	$29.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.8	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	21.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2420	$1262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2241	$725
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.94	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$32.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.3	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.78	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.13	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.43	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$9.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.2	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$6.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.67	$2.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.65	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.17	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.78	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.1	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.17	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.5	$4.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.32	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.98	$3.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.87	$2.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.3	$80.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.7	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$123	$41.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.3	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$50.8	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.2	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1491	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$24972	$4633

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Cities near Albuquerque

Distance	City	Cost of living
14 km or 8.5 mi	Rio Rancho	$2040
85 km or 53 mi	Santa Fe	$2216
110 km or 69 mi	Espanola	$2220
170 km or 106 mi	Taos	$2418
197 km or 123 mi	Gallup	$2190
230 km or 143 mi	Farmington	$2472
254 km or 158 mi	Alamogordo	$1734
272 km or 169 mi	Roswell	$1928
311 km or 193 mi	Las Cruces	$1641
321 km or 200 mi	Clovis	$1724
373 km or 232 mi	Carlsbad	$1855
374 km or 232 mi	El Paso	$1828
376 km or 233 mi	Ciudad Juarez	$1002
388 km or 241 mi	Socorro	$1876
393 km or 244 mi	Pueblo	$2140
418 km or 259 mi	Hobbs	$1924
433 km or 269 mi	Fountain	$2323
434 km or 270 mi	Amarillo	$1817
437 km or 272 mi	Security-Widefield	$2357
447 km or 278 mi	Colorado Springs	$2451
456 km or 283 mi	Flagstaff	$2589
460 km or 286 mi	Plainview	$2023
467 km or 290 mi	Lubbock	$1934
472 km or 293 mi	Grand Junction	$2168
491 km or 305 mi	Apache Junction	$2490
496 km or 308 mi	Florence	$2444
498 km or 310 mi	Castle Rock	$2510
498 km or 310 mi	Fountain Hills	$2384
502 km or 312 mi	Agua Prieta	$863
502 km or 312 mi	Oro Valley	$2050
505 km or 314 mi	Queen Creek	$3022
510 km or 317 mi	Casas Adobes	$2005
512 km or 318 mi	Tucson	$1930
513 km or 319 mi	Highlands Ranch	$2600
514 km or 320 mi	Gilbert	$2381
515 km or 320 mi	Mesa	$2298
516 km or 320 mi	Marana	$2089
516 km or 321 mi	Parker	$2524
520 km or 323 mi	Littleton	$2286
520 km or 323 mi	Scottsdale	$2471

Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$1015
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$997
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$1044
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$994
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$775
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$726
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$780
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$805
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$918
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$923
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$605
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$818
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$834
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$793
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$742
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$754
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$748
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$715
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$781
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$840
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$817
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$735
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$806
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$745
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$728
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$756
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$811
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$868
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$762
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$807
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$827
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$2002
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$697
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$771
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$888
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$703
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$660
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$670
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$749
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$744