Buenos Aires vs Maracaibo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Maracaibo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$713
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$1984
🏠 One person rent	$470	$149
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$275
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$356
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$130
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	79	31
😀 Quality of life	74	33
🏙️ Population	3.12M	1.55M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 58% more expensive than in Maracaibo. Cities ranked 4694th and 6827th ($1130 vs $713) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 50th 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 Maracaibo. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Maracaibo ranked 3rd in Venezuela, while ranked 1194th and 7775th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Maracaibo

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	Buenos Aires	Maracaibo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$7.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$2.25
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$3.02
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$96.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$336
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$208
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$10
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$15.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$26
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	26.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$1463
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$792
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$19.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$6.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$5.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$6.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$2.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$7.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$3.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$2.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$29.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$5.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$43.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$60.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$113
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$14094

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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 Maracaibo

Distance	City	Cost of living
34 km or 21 mi	Cabimas	$700
60 km or 38 mi	Ciudad Ojeda	$667
106 km or 66 mi	Maicao	$665
120 km or 75 mi	Machiques	$651
172 km or 107 mi	Riohacha	$661
178 km or 110 mi	Carora	$681
179 km or 111 mi	Valledupar	$565
184 km or 114 mi	San Carlos del Zulia	$654
185 km or 115 mi	Santa Barbara del Zulia	$653
193 km or 120 mi	Trujillo	$685
199 km or 124 mi	Punto Fijo	$628
211 km or 131 mi	Valera	$703
223 km or 138 mi	El Tocuyo	$693
229 km or 142 mi	Coro	$555
234 km or 146 mi	Merida	$667
238 km or 148 mi	Quibor	$682
258 km or 160 mi	Barquisimeto	$722
268 km or 166 mi	Cabudare	$666
271 km or 169 mi	Barinas	$800
272 km or 169 mi	Guanare	$712
272 km or 169 mi	Oranjestad	$1580
277 km or 172 mi	Minca	$759
281 km or 174 mi	La Grita	$618
281 km or 175 mi	Yaritagua	$685
281 km or 175 mi	Socopo	$668
288 km or 179 mi	Santa Marta	$837
288 km or 179 mi	Cienaga	$742
290 km or 180 mi	Araure	$723
292 km or 181 mi	Acarigua	$723
317 km or 197 mi	San Felipe	$739
318 km or 197 mi	Cucuta	$562
320 km or 199 mi	Tariba	$598
325 km or 202 mi	San Cristobal	$592
326 km or 202 mi	Ocana	$650
326 km or 202 mi	San Antonio del Tachira	$601
335 km or 208 mi	Barber	$1444
336 km or 208 mi	Rubio	$599
337 km or 210 mi	Willemstad	$1460
346 km or 215 mi	Soledad	$741
347 km or 216 mi	Barranquilla	$773