Caracas vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$384	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$1546
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	53	96
😀 Quality of life	46	74
🏙️ Population	2.25M	13.1M

The cost of living in Caracas is 14% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 4987th and 4359th ($1075 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Venezuela and Russia, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6530th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Moscow

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	Caracas	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.4	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592