Caracas vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$656
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$1973
🏠 One person rent	$384	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$527
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$84
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	53	69
😀 Quality of life	46	69
🏙️ Population	2.25M	10.5M

The cost of living in Caracas is 64% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 4987th and 7169th ($1075 vs $656) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 97th 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 16th in China, while ranked 6530th and 2941st 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	$12.4	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$21.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$4.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$659
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$406
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$37.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$57.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	4.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$5615
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$3422
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$4.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$4.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$11.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$4.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$6.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$62.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$6.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$7.17
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$39.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$65.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$489
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$20945

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$774
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$916
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$601
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$461
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$804
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$653
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2432
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1588
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$794
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$764
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$812
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$936
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$823
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$877
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$755
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$569
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$803
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$758
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$443
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$655
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$451
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$581
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$724
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$761
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$756
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$761
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$771
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$702
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$522
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$609
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$590
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$579
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598