Caracas vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Caracas	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$1136
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2594	$3654
🏠 One person rent	$366	$602
🏘️ Family rent	$663	$1527
🍽️ Food expenses	$428	$293
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$1905
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	100
😀 Quality of life	45	79
🏙️ Population	2.25M	24.9M

The cost of living in Caracas is 8% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 5335th and 4780th ($1045 vs $1136) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th 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 1.7 months in Shanghai. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 6509th and 571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Shanghai

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	Caracas	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$42.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$3.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.65	$0.53
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$897
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$299	$461
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$711	$2549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$1181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$36.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$56.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.6	$16.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.16%	4.28%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$811	$16156
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1170	$8893
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$36.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.8	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$2.41
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$3.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$2.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$3.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$6.62
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$7.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$8.47
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$90.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$11.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$78.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$97.4	$1263
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4719	$31401

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1028
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$706
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$749
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$738
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$585
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$661
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$718
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$620
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$676
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$706
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$685
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$612
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$733
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$674
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$742
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$702
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$729
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$674
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$843
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$676
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$690
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$629
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$698
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$630
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$673
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$698
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$650
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$651
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$703
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$708
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$699
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$702
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$771
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$648
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$774