Caracas vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Caracas	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$975	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2332	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$357	$181
🏘️ Family rent	$583	$367
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$236
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$86.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$195	$838
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	54	69
😀 Quality of life	41	71
🏙️ Population	2.25M	10.5M

The cost of living in Caracas is 65% more expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 5499th and 7769th ($975 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 350th 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 Dongguan. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Dongguan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 7028th and 2370th 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	$12.5	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$0.75
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$3.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$187
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$125
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$616	$419
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$277
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$33.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$51.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.1	$9.62
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	28.55%	4.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$844	$5578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1224	$3231
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.5	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$4.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$2.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.13	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$4.81
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$6.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.3	$38
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$5.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$49
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$7.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.7	$46.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$74
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.7	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3515	$16599

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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 Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$742
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$939
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$575
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$837
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$481
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$812
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$618
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2410
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2614
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1565
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$781
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$891
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$816
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$791
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$1083
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$830
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$856
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$876
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$774
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$738
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$824
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$785
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$716
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$799
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$588
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$752
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$831
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$857
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$812
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$806
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$777
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$713
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$735
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$525
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$584
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$530
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$596
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$611