Caracas vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Caracas	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1176	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2856	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$296	$3954
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	54	90
😀 Quality of life	52	94
🏙️ Population	2.25M	1.51M

The cost of living in Caracas is 52% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 4759th and 920th ($1176 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Venezuela and Germany, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Caracas compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 6470th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Munich

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	Caracas	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$921	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.3	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$632	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.08	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.8	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4885	$14492

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$989
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$969
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$1015
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$963
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$757
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$712
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$759
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$787
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$890
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$894
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$596
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$803
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$813
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$775
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$742
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$768
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$743
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$716
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$768
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$811
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$791
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$719
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$779
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$739
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$714
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$733
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$774
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$843
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$730
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$779
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$803
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$2005
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$650
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$760
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$908
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$696
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$618
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$627
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$723
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$719

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730