Caracas vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Caracas	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1045	$522
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2594	$1600
🏠 One person rent	$366	$184
🏘️ Family rent	$663	$432
🍽️ Food expenses	$428	$190
🚐 Transport expenses	$144	$69
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$218	$714
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	54	78
😀 Quality of life	45	66
🏙️ Population	2.25M	12.6M

The cost of living in Caracas is 100% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 5335th and 8506th ($1045 vs $522) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 518th 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 Zhengzhou. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Zhengzhou ranked 30th in China, while ranked 6509th and 3930th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Zhengzhou

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	Caracas	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.2	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.1	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$3.25	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.65	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$394	$181
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$299	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$711	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$583	$343
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$14.2	$35.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.6	$55.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.6	$8.81
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	22.16%	4.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$811	$3232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1170	$1608
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.3	$14
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.8	$3.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.7	$1.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$14.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.66	$2.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.44	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.26	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.41	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.98	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.63	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.27	$2.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.43	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.85	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.45	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$72.8	$95.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.48	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$11.3	$4.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.7	$47.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$77.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$97.4	$260
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4719	$19861

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Cities near Caracas

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	La Guaira	$915
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maiquetia	$900
16 km or 9.7 mi	Catia La Mar	$947
21 km or 13 mi	Los Teques	$922
30 km or 18 mi	Charallave	$877
37 km or 23 mi	Cua	$877
40 km or 25 mi	Santa Lucia	$865
43 km or 27 mi	Santa Teresa del Tuy	$910
43 km or 27 mi	Guatire	$892
43 km or 27 mi	Guarenas	$896
46 km or 29 mi	Ocumare del Tuy	$871
53 km or 33 mi	La Victoria	$776
67 km or 41 mi	Turmero	$781
67 km or 41 mi	Cagua	$744
75 km or 47 mi	Santa Rita	$707
78 km or 48 mi	Maracay	$726
78 km or 49 mi	Palo Negro	$711
80 km or 50 mi	El Limon	$683
82 km or 51 mi	San Juan de los Morros	$755
93 km or 58 mi	Altagracia de Orituco	$787
108 km or 67 mi	Guacara	$785
115 km or 71 mi	Los Guayos	$726
119 km or 74 mi	Puerto Cabello	$759
122 km or 76 mi	Valencia	$783
135 km or 84 mi	Tocuyito	$726
163 km or 101 mi	Tinaquillo	$730
176 km or 109 mi	Valle de la Pascua	$752
184 km or 114 mi	Calabozo	$827
199 km or 124 mi	San Felipe	$736
204 km or 127 mi	San Carlos	$772
219 km or 136 mi	Zaraza	$783
235 km or 146 mi	Kralendijk	$1792
245 km or 152 mi	Yaritagua	$682
247 km or 154 mi	Lecheria	$821
249 km or 155 mi	Barcelona	$704
255 km or 159 mi	Puerto la Cruz	$771
260 km or 162 mi	Cabudare	$663
268 km or 167 mi	Barquisimeto	$715
270 km or 167 mi	Acarigua	$724
271 km or 168 mi	Araure	$724

Cities near Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$531
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$541
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$559
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$568
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$535
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$623
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$588
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$542
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$571
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$525
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$565
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$521
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$610
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$517
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$555
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$533
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$819
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$567
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$511
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$611
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$648
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$612
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$591
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$608
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$599
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$602
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$587
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$826
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$747
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1433
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$598
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$775
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$659
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$634
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$655
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$609
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$554
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$619