Caracas vs Stockholm - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Stockholm
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$2039
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$4469
🏠 One person rent	$384	$1143
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$543
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$213
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$3371
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	53	95
😀 Quality of life	46	95
🏙️ Population	2.25M	985K

The cost of living in Caracas is 47% less expensive than in Stockholm. Cities ranked 4987th and 1732nd ($1075 vs $2039) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Venezuela and Sweden, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Sweden comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Caracas compared to 1.7 months in Stockholm. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Stockholm ranked 1st in Sweden, while ranked 6530th and 20th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Stockholm

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	Caracas	Stockholm
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.4	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$76.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$10.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$7.33
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$4.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$1344
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$920
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$2403
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$1579
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$164
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$31.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	4.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$10193
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$5579
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$3.94
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$95.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$25
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.51
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.17
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$4.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$10.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$3.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$3.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$1.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.93
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$3.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$2.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$86.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$145
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$5804

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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 Stockholm

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.2 mi	Solna	$1783
5.2 km or 3.3 mi	Lidingo	$957
13 km or 7.9 mi	Taby	$1570
16 km or 9.9 mi	Sollentuna	$1734
21 km or 13 mi	Tumba	$1568
21 km or 13 mi	Akersberga	$1487
31 km or 19 mi	Sodertalje	$1592
35 km or 22 mi	Marsta	$1510
35 km or 22 mi	Sigtuna	$1510
63 km or 39 mi	Uppsala	$1416
87 km or 54 mi	Nykoping	$1412
92 km or 57 mi	Eskilstuna	$1252
92 km or 57 mi	Vasteras	$1327
105 km or 65 mi	Sala	$1244
138 km or 86 mi	Norrkoping	$1242
158 km or 98 mi	Gavle	$1411
163 km or 101 mi	Orebro	$1171
174 km or 108 mi	Linkoping	$1302
185 km or 115 mi	Ludvika	$1178
190 km or 118 mi	Visby	$1273
195 km or 121 mi	Borlange	$1599
195 km or 121 mi	Falun	$1648
253 km or 157 mi	Mariestad	$1373
258 km or 161 mi	Karlstad	$1279
262 km or 163 mi	Raisio	$1450
264 km or 164 mi	Skovde	$1473
265 km or 165 mi	Turku	$1495
268 km or 167 mi	Kaarina	$1450
271 km or 168 mi	Mora	$1367
274 km or 170 mi	Vetlanda	$1434
275 km or 171 mi	Rauma	$1254
281 km or 175 mi	Kuressaare	$1064
284 km or 177 mi	Jonkoping	$1373
297 km or 184 mi	Ventspils	$869
306 km or 190 mi	Salo	$1396
310 km or 193 mi	Raseborg	$1441
312 km or 194 mi	Arvika	$1251
313 km or 195 mi	Kalmar	$1457
315 km or 196 mi	Pori	$1239
332 km or 206 mi	Vaxjo	$1331