Caracas vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Caracas	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$975	$743
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2332	$1910
🏠 One person rent	$357	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$583	$624
🍽️ Food expenses	$393	$237
🚐 Transport expenses	$129	$69.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$195	$643
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	54	24
😀 Quality of life	41	41
🏙️ Population	2.25M	7.82M

The cost of living in Caracas is 31% more expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 5499th and 6604th ($975 vs $743) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 53rd 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 0.9 months in Shangqiu. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Shangqiu ranked 319th in China, while ranked 7028th and 7053rd 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	$12.5	$4.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.3	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.51	$1.16
☕ Cappuccino	$3.02	$3.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.29	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$321
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$616	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$500	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.1	$34.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	28.55%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$844	$3564
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1224	$1991
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.45	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.5	$16.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.4	$3.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.98	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.9	$1.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.59	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.75	$11.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.39	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.23	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.4	$16.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.13	$3.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.83	$4.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$3.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.27	$2.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.57	$1.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$60.3	$37.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.81	$5.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$36.8	$27.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.1	$4.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.7	$49.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98	$73.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81.7	$407
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3515	$14498

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$621
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$1400
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$604
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$746
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$541
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$668
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$584
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$617
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$640
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$532
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$616
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$801
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$660
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$599
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$563
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$554
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$608
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$599
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$585
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$506
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$583
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$640
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$570
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$579
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$531
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$610
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$601
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$651
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$571
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$521
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$532
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$605
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$589
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$550
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$583
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$543