Caracas vs Frankfurt - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Caracas	Frankfurt
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1176	$2182
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2856	$5115
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1245
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$2194
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$585
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$296	$4614
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	87
😀 Quality of life	52	95
🏙️ Population	2.25M	776K

The cost of living in Caracas is 46% less expensive than in Frankfurt. Cities ranked 4759th and 1510th ($1176 vs $2182) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th 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 2.1 months in Frankfurt. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Frankfurt ranked 5th in Germany, while ranked 6470th and 38th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Frankfurt

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	Caracas	Frankfurt
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$79.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$4.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$3.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$1285
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$1001
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$921	$2273
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$1844
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.3	$149
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$226
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$38
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	3.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$8398
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$632	$5144
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$4.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$66.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$23.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$2.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$4.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$14.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$3.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.08	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$9.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$3.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$2.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$64.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.8	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$99.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$619
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4885	$16203

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$989
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$969
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$1015
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$963
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$757
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$712
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$759
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$787
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$890
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$894
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$596
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$803
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$813
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$775
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$742
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$768
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$743
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$716
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$768
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$811
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$791
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$719
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$779
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$739
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$714
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$733
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$774
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$843
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$730
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$779
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$803
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$2005
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$650
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$760
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$908
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$696
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$618
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$627
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$723
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$719

Cities near Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1730
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1841
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1826
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1884
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1806
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1724
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1718
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1861
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1725
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1849
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1774
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1854
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1796
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1791
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1843
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1812
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1844
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1836
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1832
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1640
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1741
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1757
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1693
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1815
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1763
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1713
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1813
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1755
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1801
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1776
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1793
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1810
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1756
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1922
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1810
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1736
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1756
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1775
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1763
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1769