Caracas vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Caracas	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1176	$603
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2856	$1608
🏠 One person rent	$445	$227
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$387
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$76
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$296	$671
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	54	24
😀 Quality of life	52	45
🏙️ Population	2.25M	6.56M

The cost of living in Caracas is 95% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 4759th and 7790th ($1176 vs $603) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 167th 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 1.1 months in Shaoyang. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Shaoyang ranked 264th in China, while ranked 6470th and 7090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Shaoyang

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	Caracas	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$2.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$4.71
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$1.1
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$166
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$921	$461
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.3	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$2906
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$632	$2199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$20.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$14.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$1.16
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.08	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$2.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$4.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$5.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$1.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$5.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.8	$5.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$64.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$343
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4885	$10279

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$551
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$564
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$584
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$634
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$622
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$571
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$527
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$569
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$571
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$595
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$592
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$487
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$584
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$537
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$750
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$545
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$568
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$612
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$546
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$511
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$595
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$765
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$547
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$618
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$766
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$572
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$548
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$593
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$587
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$660
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$534
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$596
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$590
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$897
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$574
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$578
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$558
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$599