Budapest vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Budapest	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1109	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2730	$2746
🏠 One person rent	$553	$384
🏘️ Family rent	$965	$767
🍽️ Food expenses	$342	$421
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1229	$231
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	92	53
😀 Quality of life	79	46
🏙️ Population	1.69M	2.25M

The cost of living in Budapest is 3% more expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 4777th and 4987th ($1109 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Hungary and Venezuela, respectively. Check Hungary vs Venezuela comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Budapest compared to 0.2 months in Caracas. Budapest ranked 1st best city to live in Hungary vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 618th and 6530th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Budapest vs Caracas

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	Budapest	Caracas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.45	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45	$48.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.53	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.55	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.48	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$574	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$426	$310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1044	$849
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$769	$670
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$79.4	$16.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$123	$26
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.1	$34.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.95%	21.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4106	$879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2694	$839
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.18	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.7	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$22.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.62	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.13	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.78	$3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.66	$8.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.6	$7.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.99	$1.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.34	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.79	$9.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.03	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.93	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.38	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.15	$3.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.73	$2.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51	$84.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.6	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.5	$41.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.3	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$82.8	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$374	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11151	$5488

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Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039

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