Caracas vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$736
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$1915
🏠 One person rent	$384	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$643
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$69.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$707
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	53	24
😀 Quality of life	46	38
🏙️ Population	2.25M	7.82M

The cost of living in Caracas is 46% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 4987th and 6735th ($1075 vs $736) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 43rd 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 months in Shangqiu. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Shangqiu ranked 300th in China, while ranked 6530th and 7140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Shangqiu

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	Caracas	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.4	$3.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$19.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.06
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$2.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$296
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$464
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$609
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$34.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$52.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$10.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3083
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$1982
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$2.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.08
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$4.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$2.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$39.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$27
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$4.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$69.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$371
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$17921

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$600
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1385
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$584
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$787
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$545
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$660
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$580
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$591
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$643
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$484
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$602
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$591
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$800
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$633
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$586
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$547
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$538
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$591
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$571
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$575
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$625
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$552
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$551
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$528
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$519
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$575
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$637
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$522
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$505
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$571
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$561
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$529