Caracas vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Caracas	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1176	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2856	$2209
🏠 One person rent	$445	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$448
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$292
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$296	$1127
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	54	70
😀 Quality of life	52	71
🏙️ Population	2.25M	12.7M

The cost of living in Caracas is 52% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 4759th and 6778th ($1176 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 31st 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 1.5 months in Suzhou. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Suzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 6470th and 3523rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Suzhou

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	Caracas	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$4.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$4.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$2.54
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$3.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$921	$581
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$291
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.3	$57.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$87.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	3.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$5716
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$632	$2955
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$41.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$4.46
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$2.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$2.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$1.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$20.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$8.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$1.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$1.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.08	$12.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$8.13
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$4.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$6.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.8	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$50.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$72.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$778
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4885	$15339

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$696
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$632
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$679
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$673
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$597
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$631
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$634
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$674
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$547
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1128
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$601
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$612
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$621
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$1003
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$639
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$622
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$696
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$630
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$826
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$597
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$597
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$634
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$740
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$651
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$618
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$602
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$637
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$590
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$664
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$659
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$713
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$753
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$663
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$617
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$576
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$672
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$610