Caracas vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Caracas	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1176	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2856	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$296	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	54	93
😀 Quality of life	52	89
🏙️ Population	2.25M	1.4M

The cost of living in Caracas is 34% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4759th and 2821st ($1176 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 0.3 months in Caracas compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 6470th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Prague

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	Caracas	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$921	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.3	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$632	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.08	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.8	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4885	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284