Cost of living comparison
Caracas is 21.8% more expensive than Poland.
If you lived in Caracas instead of Poland, you would:
pay 21.5% more for restaurants
Poland
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant |
$6.88
PLN27.49
|
$10.00
VEF99.75
|
|
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
|
$5.95
PLN23.76
|
$10.00
VEF99.75
|
|
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) |
$1.30
PLN5.19
|
$1.26
VEF12.56
|
|
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) |
$1.15
PLN4.59
|
$0.87
VEF8.65
|
|
pay 81.0% more for groceries
Poland
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Bread
1 loaf
|
$0.94
PLN3.74
|
$2.23
VEF22.25
|
|
Local cheese (8 oz) |
$3.34
PLN13.35
|
$2.86
VEF28.55
|
|
Milk (1 gallon) |
$2.82
PLN11.25
|
$7.06
VEF70.44
|
|
Eggs
1 dozen
|
$2.49
PLN9.93
|
$2.29
VEF22.79
|
|
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) |
$2.20
PLN8.77
|
$2.66
VEF26.54
|
|
Apples (1 lb) |
$0.38
PLN1.53
|
$1.87
VEF18.65
|
|
Bananas (1 lb) |
$0.55
PLN2.19
|
$0.50
VEF4.98
|
|
Oranges (1 lb) |
$0.63
PLN2.51
|
$0.73
VEF7.24
|
|
Tomatoes (1 lb) |
$1.15
PLN4.59
|
$0.68
VEF6.74
|
|
Potatoes (1 lb) |
$0.29
PLN1.17
|
$0.73
VEF7.31
|
|
Onions (1 lb) |
$0.37
PLN1.49
|
$0.74
VEF7.40
|
|
pay 47.4% more for transportation
Poland
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Gasoline (1 gallon) |
$5.68
PLN22.71
|
$1.89
VEF18.88
|
|
Monthly public transit pass |
$23.91
PLN95.53
|
$30.00
VEF299.24
|
|
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) |
$19,787.24
PLN79,060.83
|
$32,000.00
VEF319,184.03
|
|
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) |
$6.31
PLN25.23
|
$17.00
VEF169.57
|
|
pay 22.8% more for housing
Poland
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
|
$12.94
PLN51.70
|
$42.00
VEF418.93
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area |
$480.05
PLN1,918.06
|
$360.00
VEF3,590.82
|
|
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center |
$406.85
PLN1,625.58
|
$345.00
VEF3,441.20
|
|
Utilities for two
(700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
|
$148.56
PLN593.57
|
$10.46
VEF104.34
|
|
pay 20.8% less for childcare
Poland
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly |
$228.50
PLN913.00
|
$73.54
VEF733.54
|
|
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters |
$4,467.72
PLN17,850.97
|
$5,633.33
VEF56,189.69
|
|
pay 3.1% more for entertainment and sports
Poland
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) |
$2.34
PLN9.34
|
$1.50
VEF14.96
|
|
Cappuccino in mid-range area |
$2.45
PLN9.78
|
$1.79
VEF17.82
|
|
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
|
$4.13
PLN16.50
|
$3.50
VEF34.91
|
|
Monthly membership at local gym |
$27.45
PLN109.68
|
$51.31
VEF511.77
|
|
Movie ticket to theater/cinema |
$5.63
PLN22.48
|
$6.00
VEF59.85
|
|
pay 2.1% less for clothing
Poland
|
Caracas
|
||
---|---|---|---|
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
|
$64.65
PLN258.31
|
$42.19
VEF420.80
|
|
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
|
$30.33
PLN121.19
|
$38.00
VEF379.03
|
|
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
|
$66.37
PLN265.20
|
$75.77
VEF755.76
|
|
Men's business shoes (leather) |
$75.24
PLN300.61
|
$65.25
VEF650.84
|
|
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