Caracas vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$384	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	53	24
😀 Quality of life	46	39
🏙️ Population	2.25M	6.56M

The cost of living in Caracas is 82% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 4987th and 7740th ($1075 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 263rd 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 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 6530th and 7044th 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	$12.4	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600