Caracas vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$384	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$2742
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	53	100
😀 Quality of life	46	93
🏙️ Population	2.25M	1.8M

The cost of living in Caracas is 42% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 4987th and 2225th ($1075 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st in Venezuela and Canada, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 6530th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Montreal

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	Caracas	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.4	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$5725

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692