Cost of living comparison

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Santiago is 68.3% more expensive than Caracas.

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

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pay 14.3% less for restaurants

 
Caracas
Santiago
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $15.00
VEF149.62
$12.36
CLF0.4400
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$12.00
VEF119.69
$8.24
CLF0.2900
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $1.78
VEF17.78
$1.78
CLF0.0600

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pay 11.5% less for groceries

 
Caracas
Santiago
Bread
1 loaf
$2.17
VEF21.64
$1.48
CLF0.0500
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.87
VEF48.61
$5.49
CLF0.1900
Milk (1 gallon) $7.73
VEF77.06
$4.59
CLF0.1600

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pay 29.7% more for transportation

 
Caracas
Santiago
Gasoline (1 gallon) $1.89
VEF18.88
$5.14
CLF0.1800
Monthly public transit pass $30.00
VEF299.24
$41.20
CLF1.4600
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $32,000.00
VEF319,184.03
$18,540.00
CLF658.6900

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pay 4.1 times more for housing

 
Caracas
Santiago
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$37.22
VEF371.27
$20.87
CLF0.7400
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $394.44
VEF3,934.39
$513.58
CLF18.2500
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $366.67
VEF3,657.32
$439.93
CLF15.6300

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pay 2.6 times more for childcare

 
Caracas
Santiago
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $98.67
VEF984.15
$387.71
CLF13.7700
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $4,720.00
VEF47,079.64
$6,421.89
CLF228.1600

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pay 21.2% more for entertainment and sports

 
Caracas
Santiago
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.50
VEF14.96
$2.83
CLF0.1000
Cappuccino in mid-range area $2.72
VEF27.12
$3.09
CLF0.1100
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$3.25
VEF32.42
$5.15
CLF0.1800

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pay 19.2% less for clothing

 
Caracas
Santiago
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$60.00
VEF598.47
$52.80
CLF1.8800
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$43.33
VEF432.23
$31.11
CLF1.1100
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$113.12
VEF1,128.37
$73.37
CLF2.6100

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