Caracas vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Caracas	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1462
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2594	$3582
🏠 One person rent	$366	$729
🏘️ Family rent	$663	$1362
🍽️ Food expenses	$428	$467
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$142
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$3112
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	54	65
😀 Quality of life	45	89
🏙️ Population	2.25M	563K

The cost of living in Caracas is 29% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 5335th and 3857th ($1045 vs $1462) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 506th in Venezuela and Germany, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 2.1 months in Dresden. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Dresden ranked 30th in Germany, while ranked 6509th and 203rd 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	$13.2	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$54.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$3.54
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.65	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$710
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$299	$466
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$711	$1354
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$981
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$171
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.6	$43.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.16%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$811	$5042
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1170	$3939
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$59.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.8	$22.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.74
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$3.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$12.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$18.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$2.89
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$3.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.6
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$8.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$9.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$2.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$52.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$97.4	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4719	$12328

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1404
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1413
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1386
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1393
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1354
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1215
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1330
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1107
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1306
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$929
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1377
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1362
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1390
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1369
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$957
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1228
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1103
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1051
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1261
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1349
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1347
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1345
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1353
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1210
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1261
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1273
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1095
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1106
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1406
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1449
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1191
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1244
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1387