Caracas vs Chongqing - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Caracas	Chongqing
🚶 Cost of living one person	$975	$712
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2332	$2015
🏠 One person rent	$357	$292
🏘️ Family rent	$583	$474
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$89.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$195	$748
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	54	87
😀 Quality of life	41	72
🏙️ Population	2.25M	32.1M

The cost of living in Caracas is 37% more expensive than in Chongqing. Cities ranked 5499th and 6733rd ($975 vs $712) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 79th 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 1.1 months in Chongqing. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Chongqing ranked 11th in China, while ranked 7028th and 2233rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Chongqing

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	Caracas	Chongqing
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$3.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$19
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.71
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$3.49
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$609
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$616	$658
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$346
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$55
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.1	$10.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	28.55%	5.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$844	$5354
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1224	$1622
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.5	$29.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$2.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.3
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.13	$3.16
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$0.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$2.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.3	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$5.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$57.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$7.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.7	$45.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$73.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.7	$346
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3515	$27785

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$854
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$839
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$880
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$846
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$812
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$815
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$805
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$844
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$823
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$823
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$804
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$720
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$723
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$696
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$640
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$581
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$648
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$612
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$705
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$763
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$728
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$688
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$713
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$755
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$691
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$685
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$753
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$712
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$699
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$684
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$707
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$1783
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$663
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$769
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$719
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$732
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$653
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$708
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$687
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$692

Cities near Chongqing

Distance	City	Cost of living
97 km or 60 mi	Huaying	$554
103 km or 64 mi	Guang'an	$564
120 km or 75 mi	Longchang	$625
127 km or 79 mi	Luzhou	$646
140 km or 87 mi	Suining	$545
140 km or 87 mi	Neijiang	$674
145 km or 90 mi	Nanchong	$435
170 km or 106 mi	Zigong	$597
183 km or 113 mi	Shehong	$530
191 km or 119 mi	Ziyang	$615
194 km or 120 mi	Renhuai	$570
201 km or 125 mi	Yibin	$620
208 km or 129 mi	Dazhou	$566
209 km or 130 mi	Zunyi	$580
211 km or 131 mi	Jianyang	$607
232 km or 144 mi	Langzhong	$525
249 km or 154 mi	Lichuan	$579
258 km or 160 mi	Bazhong	$559
264 km or 164 mi	Meishan	$625
265 km or 165 mi	Chengdu	$643
266 km or 165 mi	Leshan	$619
266 km or 166 mi	Guanghan	$594
268 km or 167 mi	Deyang	$598
272 km or 169 mi	Mianyang	$535
277 km or 172 mi	Bijie	$606
285 km or 177 mi	Shifang	$578
292 km or 181 mi	Emeishan	$589
294 km or 183 mi	Pengzhou	$608
298 km or 185 mi	Enshi	$577
298 km or 185 mi	Mianzhu	$562
298 km or 185 mi	Chongzhou	$611
300 km or 186 mi	Jiangyou	$548
309 km or 192 mi	Qionglai	$603
316 km or 196 mi	Wanyuan	$552
320 km or 199 mi	Dujiangyan	$602
327 km or 203 mi	Guangyuan	$566
331 km or 206 mi	Guiyang	$564
331 km or 206 mi	Tongren	$584
342 km or 212 mi	Ya'an	$596
342 km or 213 mi	Jishou	$548