Caracas vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Caracas	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$602
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2594	$1932
🏠 One person rent	$366	$185
🏘️ Family rent	$663	$415
🍽️ Food expenses	$428	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$70.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$864
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	54	95
😀 Quality of life	45	70
🏙️ Population	2.25M	9.5M

The cost of living in Caracas is 73% more expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 5335th and 7753rd ($1045 vs $602) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 301st 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 Foshan. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Foshan ranked 11th in China, while ranked 6509th and 2359th 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	$13.2	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$25.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.65	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$200
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$299	$111
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$711	$569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$277
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$41.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.6	$14.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.16%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$811	$4523
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1170	$2043
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$11.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.8	$4.69
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$4.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$17.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$3.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$5.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$2.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$69.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$7.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$3.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$69.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$97.4	$549
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4719	$24357

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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 Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$763
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$830
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$491
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$678
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$808
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$824
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$641
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1590
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$839
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$958
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$629
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2427
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$895
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$801
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$819
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$852
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$783
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$780
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$1014
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$774
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$774
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$794
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$746
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$726
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$795
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$691
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$725
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$813
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$592
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$605
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$538
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$623
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$607
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$618
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$611
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$671
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$660