Caracas vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$687
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$2052
🏠 One person rent	$384	$297
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$636
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$65.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$958
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	90
😀 Quality of life	46	70
🏙️ Population	2.25M	13.9M

The cost of living in Caracas is 57% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 4987th and 6956th ($1075 vs $687) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 64th 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 1.4 months in Tianjin. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 6530th and 2306th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Tianjin

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	Caracas	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.4	$4.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.82
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$48.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$74.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$7.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$6085
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$4.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$4.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$13.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$6.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$548
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$18215

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$665
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$716
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$649
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$756
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$679
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$702
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1016
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$592
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$618
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$680
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$635
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$472
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$638
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$642
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$550
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$581
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$638
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$584
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$642
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$815
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$711
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$689
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$564
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$590
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$533
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$524
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$629
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$577
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$600
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$553
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$504
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$616