Caracas vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$384	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$680
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	53	78
😀 Quality of life	46	66
🏙️ Population	2.25M	12.6M

The cost of living in Caracas is 110% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 4987th and 8544th ($1075 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 6530th and 3982nd 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	$12.4	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591