Caracas vs Kumasi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Kumasi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$433
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$1301
🏠 One person rent	$384	$135
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$412
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$49.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$313
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	53	38
😀 Quality of life	46	34
🏙️ Population	2.25M	444K

The cost of living in Caracas is 148% more expensive than in Kumasi. Cities ranked 4987th and 8890th ($1075 vs $433) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th in Venezuela and Ghana, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Ghana comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 0.7 months in Kumasi. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Kumasi ranked 4th in Ghana, while ranked 6530th and 7682nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Kumasi

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	Caracas	Kumasi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.4	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$6.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.69
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$0.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$67.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$83.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$372
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$24.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$30.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	24.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$4001
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$2470
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$19.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$10.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.23
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$5.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$3.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$4.86
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$1.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$0.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$4.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$1.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$1.4
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$7.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$7.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$3.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$28.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$64
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$5465

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$938
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$919
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$974
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$960
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$904
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$910
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$892
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$939
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$917
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$918
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$901
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$858
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$857
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$818
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$780
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$817
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$775
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$745
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$807
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$847
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$795
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$728
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$781
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$769
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$724
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$738
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$782
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$845
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$739
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$776
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$804
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$1962
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$685
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$837
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$858
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$791
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$666
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$722
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$723
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$723

Cities near Kumasi

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 34 mi	Obuasi	$551
163 km or 101 mi	Koforidua	$588
197 km or 122 mi	Sekondi-Takoradi	$577
198 km or 123 mi	Accra	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Ashaiman	$560
208 km or 129 mi	Abengourou	$889
210 km or 130 mi	Tema	$553
231 km or 143 mi	Ho	$354
237 km or 147 mi	Hohoe	$575
249 km or 155 mi	Kpalime	$632
286 km or 178 mi	Grand-Bassam	$881
299 km or 186 mi	Agboville	$882
306 km or 190 mi	Abidjan	$1022
314 km or 195 mi	Tamale	$507
317 km or 197 mi	Atakpame	$647
320 km or 199 mi	Lome	$755
341 km or 212 mi	Dabou	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Sotouboua	$649
393 km or 244 mi	Bouake	$937
396 km or 246 mi	Sokode	$651
402 km or 250 mi	Abomey	$590
404 km or 251 mi	Yamoussoukro	$887
424 km or 263 mi	Divo	$906
444 km or 276 mi	Kara	$658
447 km or 278 mi	Cotonou	$709
468 km or 291 mi	Porto-Novo	$670
477 km or 296 mi	Save	$613
481 km or 299 mi	Gagnoa	$904
494 km or 307 mi	Leo	$753
539 km or 335 mi	Korhogo	$916
551 km or 342 mi	Abeokuta	$1030
555 km or 345 mi	Lagos	$1113
557 km or 346 mi	Manga	$774
580 km or 360 mi	Bobo-Dioulasso	$757
616 km or 383 mi	Ibadan	$776
624 km or 388 mi	Koudougou	$743
625 km or 389 mi	Oyo	$677
631 km or 392 mi	Ouagadougou	$869
635 km or 395 mi	Fada N'gourma	$772
674 km or 419 mi	Dedougou	$735