Caracas vs Chengdu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Chengdu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$623
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$1664
🏠 One person rent	$384	$240
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$430
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$83.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$863
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	94
😀 Quality of life	46	72
🏙️ Population	2.25M	20.9M

The cost of living in Caracas is 72% more expensive than in Chengdu. Cities ranked 4987th and 7421st ($1075 vs $623) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 164th in Venezuela and China, respectively. Check Venezuela vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 1.4 months in Chengdu. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Chengdu ranked 9th in China, while ranked 6530th and 1890th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Chengdu

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	Caracas	Chengdu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.4	$2.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$304
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$170
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$31.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	4.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3812
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$2020
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$3.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.95
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$3.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.78
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.15
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$3.18
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$27.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$6.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$22.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$72.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$305
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$11550

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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

Cities near Chengdu

Distance	City	Cost of living
38 km or 24 mi	Chongzhou	$581
38 km or 24 mi	Pengzhou	$572
41 km or 25 mi	Guanghan	$554
53 km or 33 mi	Shifang	$540
55 km or 34 mi	Jianyang	$580
56 km or 35 mi	Dujiangyan	$570
60 km or 38 mi	Deyang	$549
65 km or 40 mi	Qionglai	$572
71 km or 44 mi	Meishan	$590
77 km or 48 mi	Mianzhu	$529
81 km or 50 mi	Ziyang	$592
110 km or 68 mi	Mianyang	$527
124 km or 77 mi	Leshan	$554
127 km or 79 mi	Ya'an	$573
127 km or 79 mi	Shehong	$546
131 km or 81 mi	Emeishan	$540
139 km or 87 mi	Jiangyou	$532
145 km or 90 mi	Suining	$579
153 km or 95 mi	Neijiang	$652
161 km or 100 mi	Zigong	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Longchang	$593
193 km or 120 mi	Nanchong	$526
208 km or 129 mi	Langzhong	$530
219 km or 136 mi	Yibin	$590
237 km or 148 mi	Luzhou	$613
247 km or 153 mi	Guang'an	$584
259 km or 161 mi	Guangyuan	$599
261 km or 162 mi	Huaying	$553
265 km or 165 mi	Chongqing	$634
288 km or 179 mi	Bazhong	$610
333 km or 207 mi	Dazhou	$591
341 km or 212 mi	Longnan	$608
353 km or 220 mi	Xichang	$580
372 km or 231 mi	Zhaotong	$601
388 km or 241 mi	Hanzhong	$696
390 km or 243 mi	Renhuai	$540
392 km or 244 mi	Bijie	$584
408 km or 253 mi	Wanyuan	$585
431 km or 268 mi	Zunyi	$554
459 km or 285 mi	Liupanshui	$574