Arlington vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$2746
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$384
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$767
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$421
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$231
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	90	53
😀 Quality of life	73	46
🏙️ Population	394K	2.25M

The cost of living in Arlington is 75% more expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 2153rd and 4987th ($1883 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th 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 0.2 months in Caracas. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 1499th and 6530th 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	$15	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$48.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$849
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$670
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$16.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$26
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$34.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	21.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$839
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$22.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$9.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$8.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$7.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$3.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$84.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$41.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$5488

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

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