Caracas vs Guangzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Caracas	Guangzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1176	$758
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2856	$1996
🏠 One person rent	$445	$322
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$570
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$267
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$89.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$296	$792
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	54	97
😀 Quality of life	52	75
🏙️ Population	2.25M	18.7M

The cost of living in Caracas is 55% more expensive than in Guangzhou. Cities ranked 4759th and 6838th ($1176 vs $758) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 36th in Venezuela and China, respectively. Check Venezuela vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Caracas compared to 1 months in Guangzhou. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Guangzhou ranked 6th in China, while ranked 6470th and 2100th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Guangzhou

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	Caracas	Guangzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$1.07
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$472
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$921	$862
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$410
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.3	$36.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$9090
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$632	$3370
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.42
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$24
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$2.16
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.54
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$5.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.14
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.08	$8.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$5.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$5.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$2.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$52.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$6.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$29
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.8	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$38.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$70.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$349
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4885	$14783

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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 Guangzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Foshan	$589
51 km or 32 mi	Dongguan	$662
63 km or 39 mi	Jiangmen	$829
65 km or 41 mi	Qingyuan	$777
67 km or 42 mi	Zhongshan	$518
83 km or 52 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
100 km or 62 mi	Zhuhai	$662
102 km or 63 mi	Kaiping	$827
105 km or 65 mi	Shenzhen	$878
111 km or 69 mi	Macau	$1746
118 km or 73 mi	Huizhou	$608
127 km or 79 mi	Yunfu	$816
131 km or 81 mi	Kowloon	$2414
132 km or 82 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
162 km or 100 mi	Heyuan	$766
189 km or 117 mi	Shaoguan	$818
194 km or 121 mi	Yangjiang	$892
202 km or 126 mi	Wuzhou	$809
205 km or 127 mi	Lianzhou	$765
216 km or 134 mi	Shanwei	$941
225 km or 140 mi	Hezhou	$766
281 km or 175 mi	Gaozhou	$780
291 km or 181 mi	Maoming	$773
298 km or 185 mi	Chenzhou	$750
298 km or 185 mi	Puning	$579
319 km or 198 mi	Meizhou	$669
321 km or 199 mi	Jieyang	$451
323 km or 201 mi	Yulin	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Ganzhou	$897
349 km or 217 mi	Chaozhou	$454
352 km or 219 mi	Shantou	$589
364 km or 226 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
373 km or 232 mi	Guigang	$693
384 km or 239 mi	Guilin	$546
406 km or 252 mi	Yongzhou	$634
414 km or 257 mi	Liuzhou	$574
416 km or 259 mi	Laibin	$598
424 km or 264 mi	Hengyang	$622
440 km or 273 mi	Longyan	$697
460 km or 286 mi	Haikou	$677