Caracas vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Caracas	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1862
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2594	$4532
🏠 One person rent	$366	$1091
🏘️ Family rent	$663	$1976
🍽️ Food expenses	$428	$555
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$4332
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	54	61
😀 Quality of life	45	87
🏙️ Population	2.25M	246K

The cost of living in Caracas is 44% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5335th and 2276th ($1045 vs $1862) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1806th 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 2.3 months in Louisville. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Louisville ranked 68th in the United States, while ranked 6509th and 251st 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	$13.2	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$67.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$9.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$5.34
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$4.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.65	$2.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$1155
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$299	$856
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$711	$2035
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$1662
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$184
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.6	$55.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.16%	6.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$811	$3349
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1170	$3026
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$48.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.8	$16.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$2.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$11.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$4.41
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$4.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$5.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$2.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$1.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$2.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$6.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$5.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$3.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$52.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$84.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$97.4	$1242
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4719	$13601

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$915
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$900
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$947
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$922
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$877
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$877
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$865
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$910
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$892
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$896
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$871
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$776
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$781
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$744
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$707
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$726
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$711
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$683
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$755
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$787
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$785
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$726
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$759
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$783
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$726
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$730
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$752
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$827
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$736
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$772
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$783
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$1792
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$682
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$821
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$704
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$771
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$663
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$715
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$724
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$724

Cities near Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1724
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1840
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1896
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1888
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1759
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1911
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1703
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1451
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1784
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1900
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1786
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1784
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2092
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1921
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2124
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1651
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1975
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1549
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1775
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2464
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1912
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$1978
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1788
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1896
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1746
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1877
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1837
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1317
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1764
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1927
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1929
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2187
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1780
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1852
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$1999
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1436
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1745
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1856
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1822
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1954