Barcelona vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Barcelona	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1841	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4103	$2746
🏠 One person rent	$1100	$384
🏘️ Family rent	$1762	$767
🍽️ Food expenses	$452	$421
🚐 Transport expenses	$152	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$2025	$231
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	98	53
😀 Quality of life	87	46
🏙️ Population	1.7M	2.25M

The cost of living in Barcelona is 71% more expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 2276th and 4987th ($1841 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in Spain and Venezuela, respectively. Check Spain vs Venezuela comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Barcelona compared to 0.2 months in Caracas. Barcelona ranked 2nd best city to live in Spain vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 270th and 6530th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Barcelona vs Caracas

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	Barcelona	Caracas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.6	$48.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.3	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.49	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.87	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.44	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1176	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2073	$849
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1446	$670
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$101	$16.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$157	$26
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$34.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.43%	21.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5914	$879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4127	$839
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.65	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.7	$22.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.71	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.12	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.67	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.17	$3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$9.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.93	$8.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$7.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.28	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.88	$9.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.31	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$6.26	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.71	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.86	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.16	$3.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.38	$2.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$54.6	$84.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$9.64	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$58.5	$41.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$24	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$80	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.1	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$635	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13290	$5488

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Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1567
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1747
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1434
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1389
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1454
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1393
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1431
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1361
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1415
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1428
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1269
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1089
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1076
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1237
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1217
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1539
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1338
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1235
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1601
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1592
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1197
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1275
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1696
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1435
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1093
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1071
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1233
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1470
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1100
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1391
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1131
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1150
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1499
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1101
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1369
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1220
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2528
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1472
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1296
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1522

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