Caracas vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Caracas	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2594	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$366	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$663	$1237
🍽️ Food expenses	$428	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$1649
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	54	96
😀 Quality of life	45	79
🏙️ Population	2.25M	17.7M

The cost of living in Caracas is 9% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 5335th and 5948th ($1045 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 13th 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 1.7 months in Shenzhen. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 6509th and 556th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Caracas vs Shenzhen infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/caracas/shenzhen.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Caracas vs Shenzhen infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/caracas/shenzhen" target="_blank">Caracas vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Caracas vs Shenzhen

Prices for goods and services in Caracas and Shenzhen are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Caracas	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.65	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$299	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$711	$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.6	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.16%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$811	$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1170	$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.8	$4.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$97.4	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4719	$24117

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$915
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$900
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$947
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$922
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$877
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$877
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$865
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$910
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$892
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$896
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$871
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$776
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$781
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$744
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$707
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$726
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$711
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$683
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$755
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$787
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$785
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$726
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$759
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$783
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$726
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$730
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$752
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$827
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$736
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$772
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$783
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$1792
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$682
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$821
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$704
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$771
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$663
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$715
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$724
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$724

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$641
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1590
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$491
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$629
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$830
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$763
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$602
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1014
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$824
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$801
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$808
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$895
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$726
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$852
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$795
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$592
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$819
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$783
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$780
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$774
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$813
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$746
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$794
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$725
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$807
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$671
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$821
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$538
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$618