Caracas vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Caracas	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1253	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3074	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$471	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$824	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$486	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$169	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$304	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	54	93
😀 Quality of life	53	89
🏙️ Population	2.25M	1.4M

The cost of living in Caracas is 34% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4637th and 2377th ($1253 vs $1899) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Venezuela and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Venezuela vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 6464th and 244th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Caracas	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$52.4	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.1	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.23	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.53	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$579	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$374	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1061	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$680	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.1	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.1	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.92%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1442	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$681	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$27.5	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$26.7	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.68	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.65	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.05	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.3	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.84	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.16	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.73	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.3	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.76	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$7.25	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.86	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.97	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.18	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.5	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.6	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$68.2	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$120	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$160	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5363	$19039

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$1058
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$1042
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$1080
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$1025
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$801
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$748
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$805
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$832
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$947
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$954
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$620
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$847
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$863
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$819
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$758
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$756
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$763
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$723
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$812
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$865
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$855
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$774
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$838
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$787
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$764
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$791
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$847
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$900
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$788
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$839
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$853
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$2007
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$734
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$773
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$873
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$716
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$704
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$724
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$771
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$765

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340