Caracas vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Caracas	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$975	$1918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2332	$4639
🏠 One person rent	$357	$1108
🏘️ Family rent	$583	$1980
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$107
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$195	$4464
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	54	61
😀 Quality of life	41	89
🏙️ Population	2.25M	633K

The cost of living in Caracas is 49% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5499th and 1984th ($975 vs $1918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1684th 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 33rd in the United States, while ranked 7028th and 164th 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	$16.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$62.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$9.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$5.03
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$5.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$2.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$1115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$881
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$616	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$1652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.1	$52.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	28.55%	6.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$844	$3397
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1224	$3039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$1.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.5	$51.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$0.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$2.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$3.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$4.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$4.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$5.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$3.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$13.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$3.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.13	$8.32
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$6.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$3.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.3	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$12.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$111
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.7	$52.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.7	$1246
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3515	$13578

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1507
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1659
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1709
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1898
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1733
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1933
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1812
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1447
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1723
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1896
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1748
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1712
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2212
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1826
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$1907
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1702
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$1992
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1581
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1747
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$1938
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1750
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2034
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1651
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1889
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$1515
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1913
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1840
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1487
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1768
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$2032
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1906
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2129
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1725
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1844
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2019
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1486
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$2037
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1857
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1846
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1988