Costs of living in Caracas, VENEZUELA


Rent: 700 dollars for a 2 bedroom Apt.

Transportation: Gasoline incredibly cheap (13 cents of a dollar a gallon), but expensive cars(25.000 dollars for a corolla)

Utilities: 160 dollars a month (telephone, electricity, internet, water)

Food: 500 dollars a month for a 4 member middle class family

Rent: USD 2000 per month two-bedroom, in a residential area near commercial area

Utilities: USD 50 for light, 10 USD for gas

Transportation: subway transportation very cheap and adequate. Other public transportation sucks.

Food: monthly spend USD 500, for a couple in a supermarket.

In general the cost of living is expensive.

how much money is BsF 80.000 in US Currency?

Hey Suarez, I did a quick search and found some information about converting the BsF.

Venezuela's current currency is now the Bolivar fuerte (BsF) also called (VEF), this took the place of the old Bolivar in 2008.

The rate from Google Currency converter stands at 1 VEF = 0.2329 USD.

So 80,000 BsF would equal 18.6320 USD.

Hope this helps, heres a link to the Currency Converter - Google Finance

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*Edited by Moderator Northwallace: Spanish was translated as best as I could*

Los costos mensuales dependen
(monthly costs)

2 personas jovenes entre 23 y 28 años sin hijos
(2 people, 23 and 28 without kids)

En una zona de clase media alta= los costos mensuales de alquiler estan por el orden de los 1000 dolares US
(Upper-Middle class, costs are around 1000 US dollars a month.)

La electricidad= por el orden de los 50-100 $
(electricity $50-100)

Comida= 300-400 $ para 2 personas
(food for two people, $300 to $400 a month)

Seguro de vida= 150-200 $ por cada dos personas
(Life/Health Insurance 150-200$ for 2 people)

Education= secundaria= 200$ universidad=gratis o como 200 $

Recreación=depende, pero podrias gastar desde 100$ en campamentos hasta 500$

Information in USD (official rate 4,3 Bsf per USD)

Hotel 116,28
Apartamento 1.976,74
Mercado 348,84
Empleada 465,12
Gasolina 1,16
Mantenimiento del carro 116,28
Combo de pollo 13,95
Combo hamburguesa 11,63
Almuerzo Corriente 10,47
Almuerzo Elegante Dos personas 69,77
Café 2,09
Almojabana/empanada 1,40
Refresco 2,33
Agua Manantial 1,5L 4,65
zapatos bebe 55,81
Conjunto bebe 25,58
Pantalon de bebe 34,88
Chaqueta bebe 46,51
Leche de bebe 19,77
Nestum 8,14
Panales 31,63
Panitos 4,65
Shampoo Eucerin 20,70
Crema panalitis 10,47
pago de estudio de bebe 418,60