Antwerp vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antwerp	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1818	$1176
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4384	$2856
🏠 One person rent	$909	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$1498	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$627	$457
🚐 Transport expenses	$143	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2918	$296
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	54
😀 Quality of life	91	52
🏙️ Population	529K	2.25M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 55% more expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 2669th and 4759th ($1818 vs $1176) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 20th 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 0.3 months in Caracas. Antwerp ranked 2nd best city to live in Belgium vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 196th and 6470th 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	$20.4	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$107	$56.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.2	$9.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.6	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$4.14	$3.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.47	$1.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$866	$524
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$702	$359
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1473	$921
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1205	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$19.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$187	$29.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.94%	21.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4402	$1104
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3153	$632
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.25	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$48.2	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.9	$25.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.88	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.46	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.76	$3.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.8	$9.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.8	$8.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.9	$8.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$5.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$2.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.74	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$1.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.07	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.18	$9.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.9	$4.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$6.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.74	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.06	$3.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.65	$3.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$78.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.2	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.8	$42.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$15.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$92
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$646	$136
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21567	$4885

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1696
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1804
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1737
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1671
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1835
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1791
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1830
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1512
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1571
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1745
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$2224
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1701
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1732
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$2175
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1854
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1639
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1823
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1794
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1846
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1758
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$2028
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1729
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$2057
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1889
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1867
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1858
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1876
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1931
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1845
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1742
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1847
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2374
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$2087
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1816
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1870
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1768
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1811
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1726
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1835
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$2025

Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$989
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$969
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$1015
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$963
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$757
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$712
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$759
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$787
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$890
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$894
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$596
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$803
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$813
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$775
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$742
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$768
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$743
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$716
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$768
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$811
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$791
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$719
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$779
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$739
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$714
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$733
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$774
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$843
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$730
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$779
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$803
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$2005
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$650
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$760
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$908
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$696
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$618
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$627
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$723
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$719