Caracas vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Caracas	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$975	$689
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2332	$1829
🏠 One person rent	$357	$279
🏘️ Family rent	$583	$398
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$71.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$195	$813
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	53
😀 Quality of life	41	53
🏙️ Population	2.25M	8.78M

The cost of living in Caracas is 42% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 5499th and 6882nd ($975 vs $689) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 102nd 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 50th in China, while ranked 7028th and 6124th 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	$12.5	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$3.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$186
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$616	$420
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$321
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$45.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.1	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	28.55%	5.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$844	$7109
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1224	$1653
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.5	$18.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.97
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$1.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$6.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.13	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.3	$48.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$4.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$8.09
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.7	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$93.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.7	$505
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3515	$19406

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$676
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$851
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$721
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$675
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$719
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$664
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$713
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$667
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$694
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$890
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$995
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$746
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$791
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$857
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$860
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$588
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$917
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$725
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$799
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$861
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$913
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$716
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1011
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1169
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$738
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$860
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$863
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$655
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$952
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$744
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$812
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$721
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$643
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$787
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$645
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$620
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$1083