Caracas vs Guayaquil - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Caracas	Guayaquil
🚶 Cost of living one person	$975	$903
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2332	$2335
🏠 One person rent	$357	$384
🏘️ Family rent	$583	$749
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$195	$653
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	54	47
😀 Quality of life	41	62
🏙️ Population	2.25M	2.72M

The cost of living in Caracas is 8% more expensive than in Guayaquil. Cities ranked 5499th and 5949th ($975 vs $903) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Venezuela and Ecuador, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Ecuador comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 0.7 months in Guayaquil. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Guayaquil ranked 1st in Ecuador, while ranked 7028th and 5176th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Guayaquil

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	Caracas	Guayaquil
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$4.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$35
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$1.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$362
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$616	$648
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$640
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$48.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$74.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.1	$32.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	28.55%	7.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$844	$1124
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1224	$1832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.5	$17.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$6.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$6.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$6.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.13
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.13	$4.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$6.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$5.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$1.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.64
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.3	$41.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$8.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$9.67
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.7	$57.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.7	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3515	$6864

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$854
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$839
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$880
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$846
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$812
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$815
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$805
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$844
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$823
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$823
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$804
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$720
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$723
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$696
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$640
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$581
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$648
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$612
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$705
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$763
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$728
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$688
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$713
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$755
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$691
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$685
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$753
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$712
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$699
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$684
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$707
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$1783
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$663
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$769
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$719
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$732
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$653
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$708
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$687
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$692

Cities near Guayaquil

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Duran	$801
33 km or 21 mi	Milagro	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Babahoyo	$834
104 km or 65 mi	Montanita	$754
113 km or 70 mi	La Libertad	$814
121 km or 75 mi	Machala	$603
126 km or 78 mi	Cuenca	$790
137 km or 85 mi	Quevedo	$638
141 km or 87 mi	Portoviejo	$642
148 km or 92 mi	Riobamba	$547
165 km or 103 mi	Manta	$870
166 km or 103 mi	Tumbes	$472
175 km or 109 mi	Ambato	$570
215 km or 133 mi	Loja	$637
229 km or 142 mi	Santo Domingo	$775
250 km or 155 mi	Mancora	$514
267 km or 166 mi	Quito	$851
308 km or 191 mi	Talara	$532
315 km or 196 mi	Sullana	$543
344 km or 214 mi	Ibarra	$536
345 km or 215 mi	Piura	$592
348 km or 216 mi	Paita	$551
349 km or 217 mi	Esmeraldas	$612
409 km or 254 mi	Jaen	$504
418 km or 259 mi	Ipiales	$515
461 km or 286 mi	Tumaco	$533
476 km or 296 mi	Pasto	$511
502 km or 312 mi	Chachapoyas	$499
509 km or 316 mi	Chiclayo	$506
574 km or 357 mi	Cajamarca	$476
617 km or 383 mi	Tarapoto	$525
630 km or 392 mi	Popayan	$455
635 km or 395 mi	Florencia	$416
666 km or 414 mi	Trujillo	$611
729 km or 453 mi	Cali	$720
745 km or 463 mi	Buenaventura	$552
751 km or 466 mi	Palmira	$648
756 km or 470 mi	Iquitos	$726
764 km or 475 mi	Neiva	$507
779 km or 484 mi	Chimbote	$491