Caracas vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$384	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$754
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	53	95
😀 Quality of life	46	70
🏙️ Population	2.25M	9.5M

The cost of living in Caracas is 76% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 4987th and 7543rd ($1075 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 199th 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 1.2 months in Foshan. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 6530th and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Foshan

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	Caracas	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.4	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$18096

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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 Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642