Caracas vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Caracas	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$975	$908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2332	$2207
🏠 One person rent	$357	$403
🏘️ Family rent	$583	$738
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$254
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$173
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$195	$1428
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	54	72
😀 Quality of life	41	61
🏙️ Population	2.25M	4.43M

The cost of living in Caracas is 7% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 5499th and 5921st ($975 vs $908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Venezuela and South Africa, respectively. Check Venezuela vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 1.6 months in Johannesburg. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Johannesburg ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 7028th and 5184th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Johannesburg

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	Caracas	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$7.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$35.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.09
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$350
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$616	$667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$564
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$71.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.1	$39.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	28.55%	11.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$844	$840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1224	$689
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$1.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.5	$66
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$9.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$7.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$5.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.13	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$3.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$3.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$1.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.3	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$6.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$27.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$6.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.7	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.7	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3515	$4829

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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 Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$889
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$776
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$875
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$741
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$631
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$755
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$783
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$637
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$751
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$845
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$866
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$701
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$682
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$719
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$631
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$656
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$633
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$558
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$739
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$603
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$447
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$535
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$605
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$511
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$511
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$753
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$978
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$554
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1084
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$780
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$550
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$952