Caracas vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: July 09, 2025

	Caracas	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$914
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2754	$2256
🏠 One person rent	$424	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$720	$612
🍽️ Food expenses	$426	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$88.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$328	$57.3
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	53	47
😀 Quality of life	50	56
🏙️ Population	2.25M	2.49M

The cost of living in Caracas is 24% more expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 4987th and 6226th ($1130 vs $914) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Venezuela and Cuba, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Caracas compared to 0.1 months in Havana. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 6443rd and 6049th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Havana

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	Caracas	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.7	$3.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$45.7	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.33	$7.49
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.45	$2
☕ Cappuccino	$3.37	$1.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.28	$2.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$476	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$341	$293
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$848	$396
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$532
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$20.8	$21
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.1	$32
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$35.1	$74.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.16%	9.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1121	$393
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$794	$509
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.7	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.7	$6.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.27
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.93	$3.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.12	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$2.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.12	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.7	$4.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.02	$4.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.49	$8.85
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.23	$3.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.21	$5.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.72	$9.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.85	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.93	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.76	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.91	$2.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.4	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$81.6	$37.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.52	$1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$40.3	$62.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.1	$35.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.5	$34.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$101	$74.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$113
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5507	$8450

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$972
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$953
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$1010
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$993
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$937
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$941
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$923
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$972
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$944
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$949
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$927
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$878
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$865
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$831
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$784
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$823
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$778
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$750
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$814
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$862
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$783
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$714
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$778
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$737
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$712
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$735
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$793
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$852
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$742
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$777
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$805
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$2004
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$690
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$848
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$866
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$699
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$669
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$727
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$730
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$732

Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1100
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1028
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1278
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1223
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1142
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1077
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$2968
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$856
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1152
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1152
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1098
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3296
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1220
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2892
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2881
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2791
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2753
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2629
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2819
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2600
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2551
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3196
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2528
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2469
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2581
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2564
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2813
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2676
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2716
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2750
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2907
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2769
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2813
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2728
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2602
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2792
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2831
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2687
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$3053
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2950