Caracas vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2379
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$5357
🏠 One person rent	$384	$1601
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$2918
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$453
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$3975
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	53	65
😀 Quality of life	46	87
🏙️ Population	2.25M	3.33M

The cost of living in Caracas is 55% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 4987th and 989th ($1075 vs $2379) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Venezuela and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Venezuela vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 6530th and 288th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Dubai

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	Caracas	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.4	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$9.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$6.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$1.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$1243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$3782
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$2332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$91.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$6638
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$3507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$86.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$9.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$2.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$6.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$2.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$77.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$13241

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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 Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536