Brisbane vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1045
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2594
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$366
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$663
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$428
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	54
😀 Quality of life	97	45
🏙️ Population	2.36M	2.25M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 138% more expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 781st and 5335th ($2491 vs $1045) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Australia and Venezuela, respectively. Check Australia vs Venezuela comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 0.2 months in Caracas. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 15th and 6509th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Caracas

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	Brisbane	Caracas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$3.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$299
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$711
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$583
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$14.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$21.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$33.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	22.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$811
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$1170
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$8.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$5.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$3.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$5.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$72.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$38
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$97.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$4719

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

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