Caracas vs Hengyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Caracas	Hengyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1176	$622
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2856	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$445	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$312
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$216
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$84.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$296	$704
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	54	43
😀 Quality of life	52	49
🏙️ Population	2.25M	6.65M

The cost of living in Caracas is 89% more expensive than in Hengyang. Cities ranked 4759th and 7637th ($1176 vs $622) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 136th 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 1.1 months in Hengyang. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Hengyang ranked 143rd in China, while ranked 6470th and 6726th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Hengyang

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	Caracas	Hengyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$2.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$16.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$4.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$1.23
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$280
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$189
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$921	$492
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$203
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.3	$23.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$36.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$2989
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$632	$2356
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$3.17
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$9.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.94
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.08	$11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$2.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$0.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$25.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.8	$5.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$85.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$63.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$317
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4885	$7438

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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 Hengyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
110 km or 68 mi	Loudi	$584
110 km or 68 mi	Yongzhou	$634
110 km or 69 mi	Xiangtan	$527
117 km or 73 mi	Shaoyang	$603
119 km or 74 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
124 km or 77 mi	Liling	$584
127 km or 79 mi	Lianyuan	$564
130 km or 81 mi	Chenzhou	$750
144 km or 90 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
149 km or 93 mi	Pingxiang	$612
150 km or 93 mi	Changsha	$592
158 km or 98 mi	Ningxiang	$569
189 km or 118 mi	Yiyang	$571
204 km or 127 mi	Yichun	$618
236 km or 146 mi	Lianzhou	$765
238 km or 148 mi	Ji'an	$660
252 km or 156 mi	Xinyu	$593
254 km or 158 mi	Shaoguan	$818
254 km or 158 mi	Changde	$487
262 km or 163 mi	Hongjiang	$543
262 km or 163 mi	Ganzhou	$897
270 km or 168 mi	Huaihua	$571
280 km or 174 mi	Yueyang	$595
293 km or 182 mi	Guilin	$546
295 km or 183 mi	Hezhou	$766
299 km or 186 mi	Linxiang	$572
312 km or 194 mi	Jinshi	$511
315 km or 195 mi	Shishou	$547
322 km or 200 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
323 km or 200 mi	Jishou	$537
336 km or 209 mi	Honghu	$587
348 km or 216 mi	Chibi	$590
348 km or 216 mi	Tongren	$568
360 km or 224 mi	Qingyuan	$777
368 km or 229 mi	Xianning	$625
373 km or 232 mi	Songzi	$548
381 km or 237 mi	Nanchang	$526
383 km or 238 mi	Jingzhou	$596
391 km or 243 mi	Fuzhou	$589
396 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599