Caracas vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Caracas	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1176	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2856	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$445	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$296	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	54	100
😀 Quality of life	52	77
🏙️ Population	2.25M	24.9M

The cost of living in Caracas is 4% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 4759th and 4879th ($1176 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Venezuela and China, respectively. Check Venezuela vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Caracas compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 6470th and 1383rd 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	$12.3	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$921	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.3	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$632	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.08	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.8	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4885	$27624

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$989
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$969
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$1015
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$963
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$757
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$712
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$759
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$787
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$890
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$894
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$596
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$803
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$813
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$775
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$742
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$768
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$743
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$716
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$768
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$811
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$791
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$719
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$779
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$739
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$714
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$733
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$774
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$843
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$730
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$779
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$803
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$2005
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$650
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$760
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$908
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$696
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$618
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$627
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$723
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$719

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753