Caracas vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$384	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$3986
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	53	60
😀 Quality of life	46	87
🏙️ Population	2.25M	246K

The cost of living in Caracas is 41% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 4987th and 2336th ($1075 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1917th 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 2.2 months in Louisville. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 6530th and 299th 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	$12.4	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974