Caracas vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Caracas	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1199	$1837
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2897	$4317
🏠 One person rent	$458	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$782	$1745
🍽️ Food expenses	$466	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$161	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$302	$3958
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	54	60
😀 Quality of life	52	88
🏙️ Population	2.25M	246K

The cost of living in Caracas is 35% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4773rd and 2713th ($1199 vs $1837) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1895th 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 0.3 months in Caracas compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Louisville ranked 101st in the United States, while ranked 6562nd and 333rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Louisville

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	Caracas	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$14.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$51.6	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.69	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.57	$5.9
☕ Cappuccino	$3.71	$4.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.35	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$544	$1193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$371	$806
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$981	$1806
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$653	$1418
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.1	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.5	$187
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$61.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.93%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1262	$2940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$725	$2583
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.6	$47.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.2	$17.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.59	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.33	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.34	$3.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$4.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.73	$3.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.33	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.37	$10.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.39	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.5	$4.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.79	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$4.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$4.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.35	$2.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$2.99
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.57	$1.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.47	$3.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.51	$8.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.33	$6.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.99	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.53	$3.76
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.81	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$80.8	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.49	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.9	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$16.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$47.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$105	$96.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$155	$1219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4633	$16074

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$1015
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$997
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$1044
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$994
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$775
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$726
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$780
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$805
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$918
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$923
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$605
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$818
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$834
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$793
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$742
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$754
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$748
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$715
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$781
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$840
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$817
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$735
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$806
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$745
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$728
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$756
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$811
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$868
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$762
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$807
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$827
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$2002
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$697
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$771
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$888
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$703
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$660
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$670
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$749
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$744

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1742
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1895
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1908
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1901
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1895
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1720
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1603
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$2116
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1806
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1836
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1716
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2086
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1924
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2122
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1586
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2035
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1679
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1847
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2343
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$2057
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1928
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1747
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1993
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2073
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1994
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1911
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1355
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2053
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1855
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2374
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1790
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1904
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2074
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1554
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1874
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1864
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$2011