Caracas vs Kingston - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Caracas	Kingston
🚶 Cost of living one person	$975	$1250
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2332	$3250
🏠 One person rent	$357	$578
🏘️ Family rent	$583	$1344
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$458
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$195	$645
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	54	41
😀 Quality of life	41	56
🏙️ Population	2.25M	580K

The cost of living in Caracas is 22% less expensive than in Kingston. Cities ranked 5499th and 4318th ($975 vs $1250) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Venezuela and Jamaica, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Jamaica comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 0.5 months in Kingston. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Kingston ranked 1st in Jamaica, while ranked 7028th and 5883rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Kingston

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	Caracas	Kingston
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$6.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$64
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$7.62
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$2.23
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$1.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$603
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$384
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$616	$1383
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$1081
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$103
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.1	$47.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	28.55%	8.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$844	$2310
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1224	$2164
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.5	$38.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$26.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$4.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$3.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$4.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$7.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$8.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$5.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$4.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$2.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.13	$8.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$3.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.3	$71.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$9.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$25.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$9.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.7	$36.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$72.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.7	$235
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3515	$2133

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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 Kingston

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.4 km or 2.7 mi	Half Way Tree	$1062
17 km or 11 mi	Spanish Town	$758
31 km or 19 mi	Linstead	$936
34 km or 21 mi	Old Harbour	$698
42 km or 26 mi	Port Antonio	$1005
48 km or 30 mi	May Pen	$768
76 km or 47 mi	Mandeville	$674
131 km or 81 mi	Montego Bay	$1005
144 km or 90 mi	Savanna-la-Mar	$1020
251 km or 156 mi	Santiago de Cuba	$1527
257 km or 160 mi	Yara	$2555
263 km or 164 mi	Palma Soriano	$1536
265 km or 165 mi	Manzanillo	$2841
268 km or 167 mi	Bayamo	$2153
293 km or 182 mi	Guantanamo	$1671
329 km or 205 mi	Holguin	$1176
333 km or 207 mi	Las Tunas	$1727
356 km or 221 mi	Moa	$1872
369 km or 229 mi	Anse-a-Veau	$492
395 km or 245 mi	Miragoane	$492
397 km or 247 mi	Camaguey	$1869
423 km or 263 mi	Florida	$1784
450 km or 280 mi	Saint-Marc	$494
463 km or 288 mi	Gonaives	$504
468 km or 291 mi	Carrefour	$514
475 km or 295 mi	Port-au-Prince	$525
478 km or 297 mi	Ciego de Avila	$1654
479 km or 297 mi	Delmas	$501
480 km or 298 mi	Petion-Ville	$506
499 km or 310 mi	Moron	$1626
504 km or 313 mi	George Town	$3374
520 km or 323 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1507
522 km or 324 mi	Cap-Haitien	$497
544 km or 338 mi	Cerca-la-Source	$491
568 km or 353 mi	Placetas	$1371
593 km or 369 mi	Santa Clara	$1312
594 km or 369 mi	San Juan de la Maguana	$589
597 km or 371 mi	Sabaneta	$714
600 km or 373 mi	Cienfuegos	$1247
602 km or 374 mi	Barahona	$712