Caracas vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$384	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$602
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	53	71
😀 Quality of life	46	61
🏙️ Population	2.25M	10.6M

The cost of living in Caracas is 124% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 4987th and 8748th ($1075 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 6530th and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Shijiazhuang

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	Caracas	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.4	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$4785

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716