Arlington vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$1199
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$2897
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$466
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$302
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	54
😀 Quality of life	78	52
🏙️ Population	394K	2.25M

The cost of living in Arlington is 59% more expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 2397th and 4773rd ($1907 vs $1199) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th 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 Arlington compared to 0.3 months in Caracas. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 894th and 6562nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Caracas

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	Arlington	Caracas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$9.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$1.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$981
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$653
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$19.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$29.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	21.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$1262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$725
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$32.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$9.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$9.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$6.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$2.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$1.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$4.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$3.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$2.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$80.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$41.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$4633

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

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