Buenos Aires vs Caracas - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Buenos Aires	Caracas
🚶 Cost of living one person	$909	$1045
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2348	$2594
🏠 One person rent	$402	$366
🏘️ Family rent	$817	$663
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$428
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.6	$144
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$433	$218
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	79	54
😀 Quality of life	72	45
🏙️ Population	3.12M	2.25M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 13% less expensive than in Caracas. Cities ranked 6099th and 5335th ($909 vs $1045) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Argentina and Venezuela, respectively. Check Argentina vs Venezuela comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 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 1789th and 6509th 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	$9.98	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.03	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.65	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.77	$3.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$1.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$433	$394
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$322	$299
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$982	$711
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$679	$583
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.8	$14.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.4	$21.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$22.6	$33.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.31%	22.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2462	$811
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1826	$1170
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.4	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.04	$32.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.36	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.92	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.31	$2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.13	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.28	$2.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$8.85
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$7.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.42	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$5.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.92
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.94	$2.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$1.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.08	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.65	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$1.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.98	$3.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.32	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.11	$5.43
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.86	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.04	$2.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$25.2	$72.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.03	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.9	$38
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.3	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$80.5	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$110	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$195	$97.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4474	$4719

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$672
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$808
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$620
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$783
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$770
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$777
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$773
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$540
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$717
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$777
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$779
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$481
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$764
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$790
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$756
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$766
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$801
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$812
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$769
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$672
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$760
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$752
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$771
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$627
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$751
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$801
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$748
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$740
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$683
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$759
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$752
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$749
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$728
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$748
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$757
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$721
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$754
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$767
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$742

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