Caracas vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$384	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	53	72
😀 Quality of life	46	78
🏙️ Population	2.25M	7.01M

The cost of living in Caracas is 34% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 4987th and 2911th ($1075 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6530th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Riyadh

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	Caracas	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.4	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529