Caracas vs Manchester - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Caracas	Manchester
🚶 Cost of living one person	$975	$1998
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2332	$4556
🏠 One person rent	$357	$1204
🏘️ Family rent	$583	$1870
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$167
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$195	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	91
😀 Quality of life	41	91
🏙️ Population	2.25M	548K

The cost of living in Caracas is 51% less expensive than in Manchester. Cities ranked 5499th and 1798th ($975 vs $1998) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 57th in Venezuela and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Venezuela vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 1.4 months in Manchester. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Manchester ranked 11th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 7028th and 110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Manchester

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	Caracas	Manchester
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$66.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$9.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$6.11
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$2.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$1274
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$892
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$616	$2104
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$1386
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$198
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.1	$36.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	28.55%	6.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$844	$5073
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1224	$3410
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$2.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.5	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$2.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$3.97
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$3.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.13	$14.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$6.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$5.37
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$2.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.3	$32.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$86
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$12.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.7	$82.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$87.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.7	$1559
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3515	$13845

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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 Manchester

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Salford	$1819
5.3 km or 3.3 mi	Droylsden	$1793
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Stretford	$1807
7.5 km or 4.7 mi	Sale	$1795
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1753
12 km or 7.2 mi	Oldham	$1652
12 km or 7.6 mi	Altrincham	$1758
15 km or 9.1 mi	Bury	$1526
17 km or 11 mi	Rochdale	$1607
19 km or 12 mi	Bolton	$1711
24 km or 15 mi	Macclesfield	$1703
26 km or 16 mi	Warrington	$1932
28 km or 17 mi	Wigan	$1588
34 km or 21 mi	Chorley	$1644
34 km or 21 mi	St Helens	$1358
35 km or 22 mi	Widnes	$1708
35 km or 22 mi	Blackburn	$1689
35 km or 22 mi	Runcorn	$1733
36 km or 22 mi	Burnley	$1613
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1527
38 km or 23 mi	Halifax	$1455
39 km or 25 mi	Brighouse	$1574
42 km or 26 mi	Leek	$1675
43 km or 27 mi	Crewe	$1487
45 km or 28 mi	Preston	$1467
46 km or 29 mi	Dewsbury	$1623
48 km or 30 mi	Bradford	$1564
49 km or 30 mi	Batley	$1640
49 km or 30 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1746
49 km or 31 mi	Keighley	$1628
50 km or 31 mi	Bootle	$1656
51 km or 31 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Barnsley	$1392
51 km or 32 mi	Liverpool	$1713
51 km or 32 mi	Sheffield	$1715
52 km or 32 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1497
52 km or 33 mi	Chester	$1867
53 km or 33 mi	Bebington	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Birkenhead	$1652
53 km or 33 mi	Crosby	$1629