Venezuela vs. Mexico Cost of Living Summary

Venezuela is 0.3% more expensive than Mexico overall.

Restaurants
pay 16.4% more in Venezuela
Groceries
pay 11.9% more in Venezuela
Transportation
pay 19.7% more in Venezuela
Housing
pay 37.0% less in Venezuela
Childcare
pay 0.8% more in Venezuela
Entertainment and Sports
pay 10.1% less in Venezuela
Clothing
pay 0.4% more in Venezuela

The cost of transportation, restaurants, groceries, childcare, and clothing in Venezuela are more expensive than in Mexico. Expenses including housing and entertainment and sports are lower in Venezuela.

Venezuela vs. Mexico Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Venezuela instead of Mexico, you would:

pay 16.4% more for restaurants

 
Mexico
Venezuela
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $8.83
MX$181.64
$9.00
VEF89.74
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$7.25
MX$149.19
$9.86
VEF98.38
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.11
MX$22.81
$1.29
VEF12.85

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pay 11.9% more for groceries

 
Mexico
Venezuela
Bread
1 loaf
$2.35
MX$48.42
$1.82
VEF18.18
Local cheese (8 oz) $3.62
MX$74.50
$2.86
VEF28.52
Milk (1 gallon) $5.17
MX$106.44
$7.30
VEF72.78

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pay 19.7% more for transportation

 
Mexico
Venezuela
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.48
MX$92.17
$1.89
VEF18.88
Monthly public transit pass $26.30
MX$541.06
$31.58
VEF315.03
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $19,957.31
MX$410,549.72
$30,312.50
VEF302,352.06

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pay 37.0% less for housing

 
Mexico
Venezuela
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$26.71
MX$549.51
$37.33
VEF372.38
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $486.26
MX$10,003.11
$186.78
VEF1,863.02
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $362.30
MX$7,452.97
$128.17
VEF1,278.40

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pay 0.8% more for childcare

 
Mexico
Venezuela
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $205.12
MX$4,219.53
$64.20
VEF640.40
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $4,165.20
MX$85,683.99
$7,090.00
VEF70,719.21

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pay 10.1% less for entertainment and sports

 
Mexico
Venezuela
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $2.16
MX$44.37
$1.29
VEF12.87
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.84
MX$58.41
$2.35
VEF23.43
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.78
MX$77.84
$3.27
VEF32.67

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pay 0.4% more for clothing

 
Mexico
Venezuela
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$45.84
MX$943.02
$44.71
VEF445.99
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$36.33
MX$747.34
$38.72
VEF386.23
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$82.04
MX$1,687.67
$87.32
VEF870.97

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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: February 2025
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