Caracas vs Gothenburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Caracas	Gothenburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1176	$1823
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2856	$4155
🏠 One person rent	$445	$902
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$296	$3793
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	46
😀 Quality of life	52	94
🏙️ Population	2.25M	675K

The cost of living in Caracas is 36% less expensive than in Gothenburg. Cities ranked 4759th and 2645th ($1176 vs $1823) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Venezuela and Sweden, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Caracas compared to 2.1 months in Gothenburg. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Gothenburg ranked 3rd in Sweden, while ranked 6470th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Gothenburg

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	Caracas	Gothenburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$92.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$7.34
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$3.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$955
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$921	$1688
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$1310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.3	$83.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$127
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$39.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$6255
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$632	$4279
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$3.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$90.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$25.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$1.69
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$2.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$4.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$11.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$19.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$3.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.11
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$3.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.08	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$8.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$3.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$3.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$2.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$40.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$57.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.8	$27.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$96.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$171
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4885	$4093

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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 Gothenburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.8 km or 1.7 mi	Molndal	$1684
58 km or 36 mi	Boras	$1503
66 km or 41 mi	Varberg	$1444
70 km or 44 mi	Trollhattan	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Uddevalla	$1543
80 km or 50 mi	Vanersborg	$1405
90 km or 56 mi	Frederikshavn	$1542
126 km or 78 mi	Halmstad	$1362
130 km or 81 mi	Jonkoping	$1528
134 km or 83 mi	Varnamo	$1529
136 km or 84 mi	Skovde	$1551
142 km or 88 mi	Aalborg	$1866
150 km or 93 mi	Ljungby	$1502
157 km or 98 mi	Mariestad	$1516
164 km or 102 mi	Halden	$1761
167 km or 104 mi	Angelholm	$1485
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
182 km or 113 mi	Fredrikstad	$2181
186 km or 115 mi	Sarpsborg	$1895
186 km or 115 mi	Helsingor	$1977
186 km or 116 mi	Vetlanda	$1542
187 km or 116 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
191 km or 118 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
191 km or 119 mi	Larvik	$1830
192 km or 119 mi	Sandefjord	$1997
194 km or 121 mi	Hillerod	$2280
199 km or 124 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
200 km or 124 mi	Aarhus	$2088
202 km or 125 mi	Horsholm	$2184
202 km or 126 mi	Tonsberg	$1976
206 km or 128 mi	Landskrona	$1421
207 km or 129 mi	Viborg	$1658
208 km or 129 mi	Arendal	$1830
210 km or 131 mi	Karlstad	$1460
212 km or 132 mi	Moss	$1949
212 km or 132 mi	Porsgrunn	$1818
213 km or 132 mi	Horten	$1819
216 km or 134 mi	Gentofte	$2379
222 km or 138 mi	Skien	$1882
223 km or 138 mi	Arvika	$1397