Caracas vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Caracas	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$666
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2594	$1794
🏠 One person rent	$366	$278
🏘️ Family rent	$663	$393
🍽️ Food expenses	$428	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$74.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$831
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	53
😀 Quality of life	45	50
🏙️ Population	2.25M	8.78M

The cost of living in Caracas is 57% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5335th and 7155th ($1045 vs $666) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 142nd 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 Quanzhou. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Quanzhou ranked 57th in China, while ranked 6509th and 6224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Quanzhou

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	Caracas	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$2.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$25
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.65	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$193
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$299	$257
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$711	$425
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$23.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$36.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.6	$9.92
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.16%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$811	$2834
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1170	$1563
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.8	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$2.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$12.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$2.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$3.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$5.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$51.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$8.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$89.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$97.4	$469
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4719	$22902

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$915
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$900
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$947
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$922
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$877
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$877
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$865
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$910
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$892
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$896
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$871
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$776
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$781
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$744
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$707
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$726
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$711
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$683
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$755
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$787
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$785
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$726
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$759
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$783
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$726
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$730
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$752
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$827
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$736
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$772
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$783
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$1792
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$682
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$821
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$704
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$771
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$663
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$715
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$724
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$724

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$654
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$821
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$807
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$661
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$706
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$642
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$673
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$683
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$841
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$931
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$698
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$761
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$818
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$864
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$592
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$828
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$707
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$605
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$795
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$868
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$841
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$691
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1060
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1158
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$726
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1028
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$745
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$643
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$801
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$719
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$813
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$716
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$634
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$776
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$636
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$618
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1014