Buenos Aires vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$2746
🏠 One person rent	$470	$384
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$767
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$421
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$154
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$231
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	79	53
😀 Quality of life	74	46
🏙️ Population	3.12M	2.25M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 5% more expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 4694th and 4987th ($1130 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Argentina and Venezuela, respectively. Check Argentina vs Venezuela comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.2 months in Caracas. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Caracas ranked 1st in Venezuela, while ranked 1194th and 6530th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Caracas

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	Buenos Aires	Caracas
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$12.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$48.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$9.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$1.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$427
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$310
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$849
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$670
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$16.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$26
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$34.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	21.79%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$839
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$32.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$22.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$9.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$8.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$7.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$5.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$9.32
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$3.46
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$3.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$2.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$84.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$41.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$58.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$5488

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$979
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$741
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$939
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$924
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$643
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$938
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$552
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$963
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$935
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$849
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$952
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$938
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$964
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$966
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$853
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$928
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$877
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$889
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$865
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$921
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$920
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$863
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$928
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$915
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$899

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