Caracas vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Caracas	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$678
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2594	$2035
🏠 One person rent	$366	$257
🏘️ Family rent	$663	$542
🍽️ Food expenses	$428	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$88.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$738
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	54	69
😀 Quality of life	45	69
🏙️ Population	2.25M	10.5M

The cost of living in Caracas is 54% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 5335th and 7055th ($1045 vs $678) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 115th 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 Dongguan. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Dongguan ranked 18th in China, while ranked 6509th and 3115th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Dongguan

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	Caracas	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$22.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$2.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.65	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$330
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$299	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$711	$685
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$38.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$59.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.6	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.16%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$811	$5799
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1170	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$25.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.8	$4.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$12.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$4.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$6.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$64.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$7.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$50.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$7.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$41.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$67.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$97.4	$463
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4719	$21927

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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

Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$763
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$958
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$602
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$629
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$491
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$830
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$641
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2427
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1590
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$808
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$801
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$824
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1014
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$839
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$852
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$895
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$783
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$726
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$819
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$780
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$691
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$795
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$592
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$605
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$746
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$774
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$774
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$813
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$794
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$725
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$538
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$618
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$611
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$607
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$623