Caracas vs Helsinki - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Caracas	Helsinki
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1176	$1947
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2856	$4629
🏠 One person rent	$445	$972
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$1698
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$616
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$296	$3432
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	54	78
😀 Quality of life	52	96
🏙️ Population	2.25M	687K

The cost of living in Caracas is 40% less expensive than in Helsinki. Cities ranked 4759th and 2171st ($1176 vs $1947) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Venezuela and Finland, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Finland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Caracas compared to 1.8 months in Helsinki. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Helsinki ranked 1st in Finland, while ranked 6470th and 30th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Caracas vs Helsinki infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/caracas/helsinki.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Caracas vs Helsinki infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/caracas/helsinki" target="_blank">Caracas vs Helsinki - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Caracas vs Helsinki

Prices for goods and services in Caracas and Helsinki are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Caracas	Helsinki
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$85
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$8.72
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$5.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$3.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$1053
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$832
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$921	$1869
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$1486
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.3	$73
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	3.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$9157
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$632	$5238
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$3.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$81.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$20.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$2.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$1.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$2.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$3.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.08	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$3.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$2.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$47.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$18.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$123
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.8	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$105
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$418
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4885	$13230

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Helsinki

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Vantaa	$1881
16 km or 9.7 mi	Espoo	$1937
26 km or 16 mi	Tuusula	$1655
27 km or 17 mi	Kerava	$1611
29 km or 18 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1737
33 km or 21 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1642
34 km or 21 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1783
47 km or 29 mi	Porvoo	$1561
49 km or 30 mi	Lohja	$1383
51 km or 32 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1546
63 km or 39 mi	Riihimaki	$1394
78 km or 48 mi	Maardu	$1372
83 km or 51 mi	Tallinn	$1601
86 km or 53 mi	Raseborg	$1566
96 km or 59 mi	Hameenlinna	$1444
98 km or 61 mi	Lahti	$1618
102 km or 63 mi	Salo	$1589
115 km or 72 mi	Kotka	$1516
122 km or 76 mi	Rakvere	$999
124 km or 77 mi	Kouvola	$1561
131 km or 81 mi	Valkeakoski	$1570
132 km or 82 mi	Hamina	$1516
143 km or 89 mi	Kaarina	$1521
150 km or 93 mi	Turku	$1545
156 km or 97 mi	Raisio	$1524
157 km or 98 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$1089
160 km or 100 mi	Tampere	$1422
164 km or 102 mi	Nokia	$1437
169 km or 105 mi	Ylojarvi	$1438
170 km or 106 mi	Sastamala	$1476
181 km or 113 mi	Sillamae	$1064
188 km or 117 mi	Jamsa	$1503
201 km or 125 mi	Parnu	$1184
203 km or 126 mi	Lappeenranta	$1454
203 km or 126 mi	Narva	$1083
205 km or 127 mi	Viljandi	$1041
210 km or 131 mi	Mikkeli	$1386
214 km or 133 mi	Rauma	$1353
224 km or 139 mi	Pori	$1363
224 km or 139 mi	Tartu	$1174