Caracas vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Caracas	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1075	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2746	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$384	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$767	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$421	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$154	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$231	$695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	53	17
😀 Quality of life	46	38
🏙️ Population	2.25M	9.03M

The cost of living in Caracas is 85% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 4987th and 7893rd ($1075 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 321st 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 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Caracas ranked 1st best city to live in Venezuela vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 6530th and 7224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Caracas vs Zhoukou

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	Caracas	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$12.4	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.6	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.29	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$3.39	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.5	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$427	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$310	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$849	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$670	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.7	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$26	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34.4	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.79%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$879	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$839	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$32.9	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.7	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.5	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.28	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.09	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.68	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.44	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.49	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.38	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.32	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.49	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.46	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.15	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.57	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.08	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.91	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.2	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.84	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.2	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$17.4	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$58.3	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$132	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5488	$14854

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484