Brisbane vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Brisbane	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2269	$1199
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5424	$2897
🏠 One person rent	$1398	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$2462	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$574	$466
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4258	$302
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	66	54
😀 Quality of life	98	52
🏙️ Population	2.71M	2.25M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 89% more expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 1349th and 4773rd ($2269 vs $1199) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 11th and 1st in Australia and Venezuela, respectively. Check Australia vs Venezuela comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Brisbane compared to 0.3 months in Caracas. Brisbane ranked 3rd best city to live in Australia vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 3rd and 6562nd 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	$15.5	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.3	$51.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.8	$9.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.04	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.89	$1.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1660	$544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1147	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3002	$981
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2079	$653
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$94.2	$19.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$144	$29.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.2	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.78%	21.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7935	$1262
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5145	$725
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.8	$32.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19	$24.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$2.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.95	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.35	$9.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.06	$9.37
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.73	$6.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.1	$1.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.91	$2.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.99	$1.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.83	$1.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.89	$1.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.1	$4.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.94	$6.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.16	$5.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.47	$3.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.57	$2.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$48	$80.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.1	$41.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.8	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$81.5	$59.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1949	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$12459	$4633

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1813
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1988
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2352
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1864
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1835
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1864
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1727
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1288
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1640
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1635
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1997
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1867
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2379
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$2050
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1710
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2482
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2844
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1699
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1477
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1695
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1821
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2223
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1824
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1839
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1815
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1904
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1487
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1979
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1928
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1896
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2496
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1860
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1829
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1894

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