Caracas vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Caracas	Los Angeles
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1253	$3420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3074	$7800
🏠 One person rent	$471	$2177
🏘️ Family rent	$824	$3742
🍽️ Food expenses	$486	$761
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$263
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$304	$4482
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	54	99
😀 Quality of life	53	93
🏙️ Population	2.25M	3.9M

The cost of living in Caracas is 63% less expensive than in Los Angeles. Cities ranked 4637th and 62nd ($1253 vs $3420) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 47th in Venezuela and the United States, respectively. Check Venezuela vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 1.3 months in Los Angeles. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Los Angeles ranked 8th in the United States, while ranked 6464th and 50th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

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/los-angeles.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Caracas vs Los Angeles infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/caracas/los-angeles" target="_blank">Caracas vs Los Angeles - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Caracas vs Los Angeles

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

	Caracas	Los Angeles
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$22.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$104
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$14.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$8.92
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$6.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.53	$3.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$579	$2356
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$374	$1856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1061	$4109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$680	$3268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.1	$152
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$236
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$69.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.92%	6.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1442	$8186
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$681	$7185
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.5	$95.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.68	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.65	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$4.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$4.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$6.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$14.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$20.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$5.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$5.3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$5.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$2.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$2.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$3.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$15.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$2.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.76	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.25	$9.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.86	$6.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.97	$5.99
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.18	$2.92
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.5	$70.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$18.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$164
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$29.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.2	$80.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$160	$1748
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5363	$23685

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	$1058
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$1042
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$1080
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$1025
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$801
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$748
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$805
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$832
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$947
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$954
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$620
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$847
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$863
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$819
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$758
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$756
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$763
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$723
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$812
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$865
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$855
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$774
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$838
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$787
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$764
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$791
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$847
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$900
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$788
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$839
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$853
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$2007
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$734
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$773
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$873
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$716
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$704
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$724
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$771
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$765

Cities near Los Angeles

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Huntington Park	$2945
8.9 km or 5.5 mi	Maywood	$2888
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Florence-Graham	$2945
10 km or 6.2 mi	Bell	$2868
10 km or 6.2 mi	Monterey Park	$2786
11 km or 6.6 mi	Alhambra	$3031
11 km or 6.6 mi	South Pasadena	$3020
11 km or 7 mi	Cudahy	$2866
12 km or 7.6 mi	San Gabriel	$3184
12 km or 7.7 mi	Bell Gardens	$2798
12 km or 7.8 mi	West Hollywood	$3055
13 km or 7.8 mi	Montebello	$2826
13 km or 8 mi	South Gate	$2867
13 km or 8.2 mi	Glendale	$3717
14 km or 8.8 mi	Inglewood	$3066
15 km or 9 mi	Beverly Hills	$2945
15 km or 9.1 mi	Lynwood	$2880
15 km or 9.3 mi	Rosemead	$2868
15 km or 9.5 mi	Culver	$3054
15 km or 9.6 mi	Pasadena	$3802
16 km or 9.9 mi	Pico Rivera	$2818
16 km or 10 mi	Burbank	$3369
16 km or 10 mi	Downey	$2766
17 km or 11 mi	Compton	$2922
18 km or 11 mi	La Canada Flintridge	$3179
18 km or 11 mi	Hawthorne	$3139
18 km or 11 mi	Temple	$2909
18 km or 11 mi	South El Monte	$2849
18 km or 11 mi	West Whittier-Los Nietos	$2826
18 km or 11 mi	Paramount	$2793
19 km or 12 mi	Gardena	$3076
20 km or 12 mi	El Monte	$2858
21 km or 13 mi	Lawndale	$3243
21 km or 13 mi	Arcadia	$3020
21 km or 13 mi	Bellflower	$2758
22 km or 14 mi	Norwalk	$2694
22 km or 14 mi	Santa Monica	$3654
22 km or 14 mi	Whittier	$2835
23 km or 15 mi	Manhattan Beach	$3295
24 km or 15 mi	Carson	$3000