Antwerp vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antwerp	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1640	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3817	$2746
🏠 One person rent	$832	$384
🏘️ Family rent	$1320	$767
🍽️ Food expenses	$556	$421
🚐 Transport expenses	$128	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2545	$231
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	53
😀 Quality of life	89	46
🏙️ Population	529K	2.25M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 53% more expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 2896th and 4987th ($1640 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 1st in Belgium and Venezuela, respectively. Check Belgium vs Venezuela comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Antwerp compared to 0.2 months in Caracas. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 203rd and 6530th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antwerp vs Caracas

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	Antwerp	Caracas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$18.3	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$88.2	$48.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.61	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.05	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$794	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$636	$310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1346	$849
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$670
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$16.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$26
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$34.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.38%	21.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4167	$879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3351	$839
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.6	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$43.6	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.1	$22.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.74	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.29	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.24	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.3	$9.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$8.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$18.9	$7.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.58	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$1.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.76	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.83	$9.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$10.1	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.37	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.86	$3.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.39	$2.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.5	$84.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.8	$41.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.3	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$101	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.4	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$586	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12170	$5488

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1530
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1613
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1523
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1541
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1556
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1488
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1318
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1446
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1475
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1539
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1599
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1362
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1663
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1580
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1816
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1542
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1667
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1683
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1642
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1663
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1685
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1486
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1647
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2001
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1739
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1618
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1660
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1560
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1559
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1515
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1626
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1788

Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$938
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$919
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$974
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$960
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$904
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$910
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$892
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$939
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$917
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$918
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$901
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$858
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$857
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$818
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$780
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$817
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$775
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$745
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$807
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$847
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$795
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$728
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$781
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$769
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$724
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$738
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$782
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$845
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$739
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$776
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$804
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$1962
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$685
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$837
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$858
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$666
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$722
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$723
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$723