Antwerp vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antwerp	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1762	$1045
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4106	$2594
🏠 One person rent	$893	$366
🏘️ Family rent	$1430	$663
🍽️ Food expenses	$583	$428
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2721	$218
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	87	54
😀 Quality of life	89	45
🏙️ Population	529K	2.25M

The cost of living in Antwerp is 69% more expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 2671st and 5335th ($1762 vs $1045) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in Belgium and Venezuela, respectively. Check Belgium vs Venezuela comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 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 176th and 6509th 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	$19.6	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$93.9	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.64	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.87	$3.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.26	$1.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$840	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$683	$299
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1437	$711
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1117	$583
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$128	$14.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$197	$21.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$33.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	22.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4562	$811
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3518	$1170
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.81	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$68	$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.6	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.91	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.43	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.54	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.02	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$8.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.6	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.73	$5.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.91	$1.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.63	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.17	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.2	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.36	$3.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.7	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.58	$5.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.54	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.9	$72.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.2	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31.1	$38
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.2	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$106	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$619	$97.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13064	$4719

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Cities near Antwerp

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.9 mi	Mortsel	$1611
11 km or 6.6 mi	Beveren	$1709
15 km or 9.3 mi	Lier	$1616
19 km or 12 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1592
23 km or 14 mi	Mechelen	$1619
26 km or 16 mi	Zemst	$1636
28 km or 17 mi	Heist-op-den-Berg	$1593
30 km or 19 mi	Herentals	$1442
31 km or 19 mi	Dendermonde	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Lokeren	$1545
32 km or 20 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1951
32 km or 20 mi	Hoogstraten	$1559
32 km or 20 mi	Vilvoorde	$1675
35 km or 22 mi	Roosendaal	$1920
39 km or 24 mi	Schaerbeek	$1752
39 km or 24 mi	Turnhout	$1421
39 km or 24 mi	Herent	$1693
40 km or 25 mi	Aarschot	$1514
41 km or 25 mi	Aalst	$1779
41 km or 25 mi	Woluwe-Saint-Lambert	$1657
41 km or 26 mi	Brussels	$1958
42 km or 26 mi	Geel	$1602
42 km or 26 mi	Etten-Leur	$1813
43 km or 27 mi	Anderlecht	$1734
43 km or 27 mi	Leuven	$1761
44 km or 27 mi	Dilbeek	$1715
45 km or 28 mi	Saint-Gilles	$1633
45 km or 28 mi	Forest	$1712
45 km or 28 mi	Tervuren	$1799
46 km or 29 mi	Scherpenheuvel-Zichem	$1587
46 km or 29 mi	Watermael-Boitsfort	$1691
48 km or 30 mi	Goes	$2046
49 km or 30 mi	Breda	$1750
49 km or 31 mi	Overijse	$1723
49 km or 31 mi	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	$1738
50 km or 31 mi	Ninove	$1660
51 km or 32 mi	Ghent	$1645
52 km or 33 mi	Diest	$1611
55 km or 34 mi	Halle	$1701
56 km or 35 mi	Waterloo	$1911

Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$915
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$900
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$947
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$922
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$877
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$877
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$865
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$910
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$892
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$896
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$871
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$776
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$781
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$744
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$707
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$726
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$711
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$683
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$755
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$787
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$785
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$726
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$759
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$783
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$726
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$730
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$752
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$827
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$736
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$772
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$783
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$1792
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$682
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$821
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$704
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$771
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$663
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$715
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$724
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$724