Cost of living comparison
Caracas is 2.6% more expensive than Podgorica.
If you lived in Caracas instead of Podgorica, you would:
pay 13.6% more for restaurants
Podgorica
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$7.48
€6.94
|
$10.00
VEF99.75
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$4.95
€4.59
|
$10.00
VEF99.75
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.97
€1.83
|
$1.26
VEF12.56
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.59
€1.47
|
$0.87
VEF8.65
|
|
pay 38.0% more for groceries
Podgorica
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.86
€0.80
|
$2.23
VEF22.25
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.56
€3.30
|
$2.86
VEF28.55
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$4.99
€4.63
|
$7.06
VEF70.44
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.77
€2.58
|
$2.29
VEF22.79
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$3.46
€3.21
|
$2.66
VEF26.54
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.57
€0.53
|
$1.87
VEF18.65
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.79
€0.74
|
$0.50
VEF4.98
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.61
€0.57
|
$0.73
VEF7.24
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.00
€0.93
|
$0.68
VEF6.74
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.42
€0.39
|
$0.73
VEF7.31
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.59
€0.55
|
$0.74
VEF7.40
|
|
pay 31.0% more for transportation
Podgorica
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$6.24
€5.80
|
$1.89
VEF18.88
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$32.98
€30.63
|
$30.00
VEF299.24
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$27,486.24
€25,525.10
|
$32,000.00
VEF319,184.03
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$5.94
€5.51
|
$17.00
VEF169.57
|
|
pay 14.2% less for housing
Podgorica
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$29.23
€27.14
|
$42.00
VEF418.93
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$441.52
€410.01
|
$360.00
VEF3,590.82
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$325.02
€301.83
|
$345.00
VEF3,441.20
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$86.56
€80.39
|
$10.46
VEF104.34
|
|
pay 32.0% less for childcare
Podgorica
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$186.91
€173.57
|
$73.54
VEF733.54
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$5,827.08
€5,411.32
|
$5,633.33
VEF56,189.69
|
|
pay 3.1% more for entertainment and sports
Podgorica
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.20
€2.04
|
$1.50
VEF14.96
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$1.68
€1.56
|
$1.79
VEF17.82
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$3.85
€3.57
|
$3.50
VEF34.91
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$36.48
€33.88
|
$51.31
VEF511.77
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.50
€5.11
|
$6.00
VEF59.85
|
|
pay 21.2% less for clothing
Podgorica
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$80.02
€74.31
|
$42.19
VEF420.80
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$35.04
€32.54
|
$38.00
VEF379.03
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$84.38
€78.36
|
$75.77
VEF755.76
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$101.39
€94.16
|
$65.25
VEF650.84
|
|
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