Arlington vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1176
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$2856
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$457
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$296
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	54
😀 Quality of life	77	52
🏙️ Population	394K	2.25M

The cost of living in Arlington is 58% more expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 2476th and 4759th ($1856 vs $1176) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st 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 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.3 months in Caracas. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 1375th and 6470th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Arlington	Caracas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$56.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$9.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$3.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$524
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$359
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$921
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$651
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$19.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$29.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	21.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$1104
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$632
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$25.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$3.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$9.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$8.88
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$8.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$5.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$4.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$6.65
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$3.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$3.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$78.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$42.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$15.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$53.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$92
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$136
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$4885

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

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