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London vs. Caracas Cost of Living Summary

London is 5.4 times more expensive than Caracas.

Restaurants: pay 35.0% more in London
Groceries: pay 17.6% more in London
Transportation: pay 3.8 times more in London
Housing: pay 11.8 times more in London
Childcare: pay 14.8 times more in London
Entertainment and Sports: pay 3.4 times more in London
Clothing: pay 35.5% more in London

The cost of childcare, housing, transportation, entertainment and sports, clothing, and restaurants in London are more expensive than in Caracas. Notably, childcare, housing, and transportation are significantly more expensive in London.

London vs. Caracas Cost Breakdown

If you lived in London instead of Caracas, you would:

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pay 35.0% more for restaurants

	Caracas	London
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$15.00 VEF149.62	$25.83 £21.16	+72.2%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$12.00 VEF119.69	$10.33 £8.46	-13.9%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.78 VEF17.78	$2.46 £2.01	+37.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.29 VEF12.84	$1.85 £1.52	+43.7%
Average			+35.0%

Caracas vs. London - Cost of restaurants

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pay 17.6% more for groceries

	Caracas	London
Bread 1 loaf	$2.17 VEF21.64	$2.07 £1.70	-4.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$4.87 VEF48.61	$5.65 £4.63	+15.9%
Milk (1 gallon)	$7.73 VEF77.06	$6.31 £5.17	-18.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$3.03 VEF30.26	$4.45 £3.64	+46.6%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.24 VEF32.36	$4.26 £3.49	+31.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.55 VEF25.43	$1.56 £1.28	-38.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.66 VEF6.56	$0.75 £0.62	+14.6%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 VEF8.97	$1.44 £1.18	+59.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.75 VEF7.51	$1.79 £1.47	+137.8%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.01 VEF10.04	$0.69 £0.56	-31.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.87 VEF8.69	$0.70 £0.57	-19.5%
Average			+17.6%

Caracas vs. London - Cost of groceries

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pay 3.8 times more for transportation

	Caracas	London
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.89 VEF18.88	$7.39 £6.06	+290.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$30.00 VEF299.24	$258.31 £211.60	+761.0%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$32,000.00 VEF319,184.03	$36,531.14 £29,925.17	+14.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$23.80 VEF237.39	$35.26 £28.88	+48.1%
Average			+278.5%

Caracas vs. London - Cost of transportation

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pay 11.8 times more for housing

	Caracas	London
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$37.22 VEF371.27	$41.63 £34.10	+11.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$394.44 VEF3,934.39	$2,834.46 £2,321.90	+618.6%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$366.67 VEF3,657.32	$2,063.73 £1,690.55	+462.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$7.90 VEF78.82	$263.90 £216.18	+3239.7%
Average			+1083.2%

Caracas vs. London - Cost of housing

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pay 14.8 times more for childcare

	Caracas	London
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$98.67 VEF984.15	$2,333.60 £1,911.61	+2265.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$4,720.00 VEF47,079.64	$27,892.30 £22,848.51	+490.9%
Average			+1378.0%

Caracas vs. London - Cost of childcare

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pay 3.4 times more for entertainment and sports

	Caracas	London
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.50 VEF14.96	$8.27 £6.77	+451.1%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$2.72 VEF27.12	$4.80 £3.93	+76.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$3.25 VEF32.42	$19.76 £16.19	+508.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$71.88 VEF716.92	$65.66 £53.79	-8.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.00 VEF59.85	$16.14 £13.22	+169.1%
Average			+239.3%

Caracas vs. London - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 35.5% more for clothing

	Caracas	London
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.00 VEF598.47	$96.94 £79.41	+61.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$43.33 VEF432.23	$50.55 £41.41	+16.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$113.12 VEF1,128.37	$114.87 £94.10	+1.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$83.33 VEF831.21	$135.36 £110.89	+62.4%
Average			+35.5%

Caracas vs. London - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: January 2025

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