Caracas vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Caracas	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$975	$677
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2332	$1957
🏠 One person rent	$357	$261
🏘️ Family rent	$583	$557
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$73.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$195	$828
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	54	61
😀 Quality of life	41	56
🏙️ Population	2.25M	9.4M

The cost of living in Caracas is 44% more expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 5499th and 6976th ($975 vs $677) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 122nd in Venezuela and China, respectively. Check Venezuela vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 1.2 months in Ningbo. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Ningbo ranked 36th in China, while ranked 7028th and 5865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Ningbo

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	Caracas	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.5	$3.95
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$20
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$4.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.39
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$197
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$616	$599
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$456
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$36.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$57.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.1	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	28.55%	5.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$844	$5184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1224	$3305
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.5	$16.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$2.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$19.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$4.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.43
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$9.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.7
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.13	$4.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$3.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$2.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.3	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$8.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$4.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.7	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.7	$544
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3515	$9922

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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 Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$690
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$755
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$719
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$596
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$831
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1190
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1074
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$725
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$735
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$771
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$699
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$731
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$1020
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$811
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$731
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$763
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$687
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$741
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$787
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$682
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$707
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$707
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$651
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$744
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$688
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$720
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$694
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$713
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$675
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$644
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$789
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$665
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$682
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$625
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$625
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$713
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$679
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$645
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$524