Caracas vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$1513
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$3601
🏠 One person rent	$384	$911
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$1611
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$1829
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	53	93
😀 Quality of life	46	87
🏙️ Population	2.25M	1.38M

The cost of living in Caracas is 29% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 4987th and 3363rd ($1075 vs $1513) 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 0.2 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 6530th and 285th 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	$12.4	$8.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$8.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$3.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$1.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$685
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$1728
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$1240
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$164
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$254
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	5.2%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$7481
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$2.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$9.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.75
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$3.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$6.33
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$9.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$2.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$3.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$62.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$50.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$76.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$92.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$758
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$12277

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1371
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1370
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1356
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1216
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1166
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1092
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1795
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$942
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$880
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1163
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1048
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1314
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1033
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1135
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1159
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1030
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1352
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1088
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1150
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1112
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1092
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1107
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1352
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1121
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$974
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1347
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1402
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1059
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1202
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1420
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1351
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1120