Caracas vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Caracas	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1176	$2464
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2856	$5417
🏠 One person rent	$445	$1477
🏘️ Family rent	$768	$2341
🍽️ Food expenses	$457	$612
🚐 Transport expenses	$167	$241
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$296	$3342
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	54	86
😀 Quality of life	52	99
🏙️ Population	2.25M	2.79M

The cost of living in Caracas is 52% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 4759th and 918th ($1176 vs $2464) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Venezuela and Canada, respectively. Check Venezuela vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Caracas compared to 1.4 months in Toronto. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Toronto ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 6470th and 6th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Toronto

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	Caracas	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.3	$16.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.1	$76.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.71	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.58	$6.59
☕ Cappuccino	$3.46	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.33	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$524	$1544
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$359	$1290
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$921	$2463
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$651	$2085
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$19.3	$85.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.6	$130
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.9	$49.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	4.5%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1104	$8820
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$632	$7326
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$34.3	$111
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.1	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.51	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.14	$2.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.04	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.41	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.13	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.26	$16.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.62	$4.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$3.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.25	$4.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$2.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.21
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.94	$2.33
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.08	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$13.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.65	$11.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.57	$3.45
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.31	$3.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$78.9	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$42.4	$72.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.8	$23.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$53.8	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92	$81.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$136	$1020
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4885	$17676

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2241
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2326
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2463
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2242
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$2033
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2379
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2449
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$2012
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1564
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2193
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$1995
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$2038
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2103
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1869
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1894
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1947
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1998
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1705
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2049
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2044
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$2045
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2010
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1443
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1844
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2096
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2071
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1928
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2187
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2124
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2082
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2109
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1936
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2083
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1971
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$1868
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2021
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1683
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2036
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2031
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2043