Cost of living comparison
Colombo is 26.7% cheaper than Caracas.
If you lived in Colombo instead of Caracas, you would:
pay 66.0% less for restaurants
Caracas
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$10.00
VEF99.75
|
$1.65
LKR493.83
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$10.00
VEF99.75
|
$5.04
LKR1,505.02
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.26
VEF12.56
|
$0.51
LKR152.76
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$0.87
VEF8.65
|
$0.25
LKR73.42
|
|
pay 7.3% more for groceries
Caracas
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$2.23
VEF22.25
|
$0.74
LKR221.81
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$2.86
VEF28.55
|
$4.34
LKR1,296.14
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$7.06
VEF70.44
|
$5.48
LKR1,636.98
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.29
VEF22.79
|
$2.19
LKR655.60
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.66
VEF26.54
|
$2.25
LKR671.39
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$1.87
VEF18.65
|
$2.49
LKR743.52
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.50
VEF4.98
|
$0.42
LKR124.86
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.73
VEF7.24
|
$2.10
LKR626.87
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$0.68
VEF6.74
|
$0.70
LKR210.56
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.73
VEF7.31
|
$0.55
LKR165.16
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.74
VEF7.40
|
$0.38
LKR113.07
|
|
pay 0.7% more for transportation
Caracas
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$1.89
VEF18.88
|
$5.24
LKR1,565.86
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$30.00
VEF299.24
|
$4.72
LKR1,410.96
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$32,000.00
VEF319,184.03
|
$29,917.63
LKR8,936,049.00
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$17.00
VEF169.57
|
$2.83
LKR846.57
|
|
pay 2.2% more for housing
Caracas
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$42.00
VEF418.93
|
$11.95
LKR3,570.32
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$360.00
VEF3,590.82
|
$341.69
LKR102,059.12
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$345.00
VEF3,441.20
|
$142.52
LKR42,569.37
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$10.46
VEF104.34
|
$25.52
LKR7,623.42
|
|
pay 77.7% less for childcare
Caracas
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$73.54
VEF733.54
|
$26.09
LKR7,793.85
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$5,633.33
VEF56,189.69
|
$520.92
LKR155,592.38
|
|
pay 7.1% less for entertainment and sports
Caracas
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$1.50
VEF14.96
|
$1.57
LKR470.32
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.79
VEF17.82
|
$1.85
LKR551.26
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.50
VEF34.91
|
$6.30
LKR1,881.27
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$51.31
VEF511.77
|
$12.09
LKR3,610.67
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$6.00
VEF59.85
|
$3.15
LKR940.64
|
|
pay 46.0% less for clothing
Caracas
|
Colombo
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$42.19
VEF420.80
|
$24.08
LKR7,193.10
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$38.00
VEF379.03
|
$16.10
LKR4,810.07
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$75.77
VEF755.76
|
$54.57
LKR16,298.96
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$65.25
VEF650.84
|
$29.14
LKR8,703.83
|
|
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