Caracas vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Caracas	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1199	$1531
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2897	$3749
🏠 One person rent	$458	$706
🏘️ Family rent	$782	$1209
🍽️ Food expenses	$466	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$302	$3314
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	54	65
😀 Quality of life	52	92
🏙️ Population	2.25M	566K

The cost of living in Caracas is 22% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 4773rd and 3968th ($1199 vs $1531) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 536th in Venezuela and Germany, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Caracas compared to 2.2 months in Dresden. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Dresden ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 6562nd and 117th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Dresden

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	Caracas	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$13.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.6	$75.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$5.29
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.35	$3.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$544	$716
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$462
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1275
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$840
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.1	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.5	$243
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.93%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1262	$5211
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$725	$3268
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$3.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.6	$72.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.2	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.33	$15.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.37	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.39	$23
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$3.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$1.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$0.78
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$6.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$1.05
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.51	$9.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.33	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.53	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.8	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.49	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.9	$55
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$90.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$390
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4633	$16803

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$1015
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$997
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$1044
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$994
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$775
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$726
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$780
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$805
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$918
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$923
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$605
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$818
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$834
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$793
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$742
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$754
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$748
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$715
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$781
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$840
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$817
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$735
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$806
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$745
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$728
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$756
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$811
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$868
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$762
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$807
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$827
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$2002
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$697
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$771
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$888
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$703
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$660
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$670
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$749
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$744

Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553