Caracas Guide for Digital Nomads
What living in Caracas as a digital nomad is like: a month's costs, the weather each month, the internet, the air and safety, and the visa, tax and money tools for Venezuela.

Navid lived hereHere's what Caracas is like for a digital nomad: the weather each month, the internet, how safe it is, and the visas, taxes and money tools for Venezuela.
I lived in Caracas myself.
Download, typical line
24 Mbps
fastest quarter 73 Mbps
Fine particles in the air (PM2.5), estimated
17 µg/m³
a year's average; the WHO's guideline is 5
US travel advice
Level 3
Reconsider travel
Mild and dry months
9
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Nov, Dec
Weather in Caracas by month
The warmest month is May, at about 83°F (29°C) in the afternoon, and the coolest is January, at about 79°F (26°C).
The most rain falls in August.
- High
- 79°F (26°C)
- Low
- 67°F (19°C)
- Rain
- 1.7 in (42 mm)
- High
- 80°F (26°C)
- Low
- 66°F (19°C)
- Rain
- 1.2 in (30 mm)
- High
- 82°F (28°C)
- Low
- 67°F (19°C)
- Rain
- 0.6 in (14 mm)
- High
- 83°F (28°C)
- Low
- 68°F (20°C)
- Rain
- 1.6 in (41 mm)
- High
- 83°F (29°C)
- Low
- 70°F (21°C)
- Rain
- 2.8 in (71 mm)
- High
- 82°F (28°C)
- Low
- 70°F (21°C)
- Rain
- 3.4 in (87 mm)
- High
- 81°F (27°C)
- Low
- 70°F (21°C)
- Rain
- 4.0 in (101 mm)
- High
- 82°F (28°C)
- Low
- 71°F (21°C)
- Rain
- 4.7 in (120 mm)
- High
- 82°F (28°C)
- Low
- 71°F (22°C)
- Rain
- 3.5 in (89 mm)
- High
- 82°F (28°C)
- Low
- 71°F (22°C)
- Rain
- 3.8 in (96 mm)
- High
- 81°F (27°C)
- Low
- 70°F (21°C)
- Rain
- 3.0 in (77 mm)
- High
- 80°F (26°C)
- Low
- 68°F (20°C)
- Rain
- 2.9 in (74 mm)
From NASA POWER's monthly climate averages for the point (a grid about 50 km across, so a coastal or mountain city can read a little off).
Internet in Caracas
In M-Lab's open speed tests within 25 km of Caracas, half came in above 24 Mbps download and 14 Mbps upload, and the fastest quarter of lines above 73 Mbps.
That's 622,219 download tests from September 2025 to September 2026.
The typical figure counts every line, cheap and mobile ones too; a fiber line in a good apartment or coworking space is closer to the fastest quarter.
Test yours when you get there with my internet speed test.
Air quality in Caracas
By an estimate, the air in Caracas carries about 17 µg/m³ of fine particles (PM2.5) over a year, 3.4 times the WHO's guideline of 5 µg/m³.
The cleanest month is January, at about 10 µg/m³, and the haziest is May.
- PM2.5
- 10 µg/m³
- Against the WHO guideline
- 2.1x
- PM2.5
- 14 µg/m³
- Against the WHO guideline
- 2.9x
- PM2.5
- 16 µg/m³
- Against the WHO guideline
- 3.2x
- PM2.5
- 21 µg/m³
- Against the WHO guideline
- 4.2x
- PM2.5
- 24 µg/m³
- Against the WHO guideline
- 4.8x
- PM2.5
- 22 µg/m³
- Against the WHO guideline
- 4.5x
- PM2.5
- 22 µg/m³
- Against the WHO guideline
- 4.4x
- PM2.5
- 19 µg/m³
- Against the WHO guideline
- 3.8x
- PM2.5
- 17 µg/m³
- Against the WHO guideline
- 3.3x
- PM2.5
- 15 µg/m³
- Against the WHO guideline
- 3.0x
- PM2.5
- 14 µg/m³
- Against the WHO guideline
- 2.7x
- PM2.5
- 12 µg/m³
- Against the WHO guideline
- 2.4x
No open air quality station is within 25 km of Caracas, so these are estimates from Copernicus's CAMS air model for the surrounding area (an 80 km grid, 2023 to 2025, CC BY 4.0), adjusted to what stations measure elsewhere.
Take them as a guide: the model can be well off in big cities, and a measured figure replaces it once a station opens.
Is Caracas safe?
The US State Department rates Venezuela Level 3 ("Reconsider travel", updated 2026-06-27).
Level 3 means the US asks you to reconsider the trip.
Some advisories raise the level for parts of a country, so read the full advisory before you book.
Work and stay in Caracas
Where to work and live with other remote workers, from each finder:
See them all on a map, with hours, photos and directions, in the coworking space finder and free Wi-Fi spots.
Visas, taxes and residency in Venezuela
Before you plan a long stay, check what your passport allows and what staying does to your taxes:
- Can you stay? – see where your passport goes without a visa on the visa-free countries map, and whether Venezuela has a visa for remote workers in the digital nomad visa finder
- Tax – compare Venezuela's income tax with other countries in tax rates by country
- Foreign income – Venezuela taxes its tax residents on their income from anywhere; see the rule and its exceptions on the territorial tax map
Each tool reads the official rules, so the answer is for your own passport and income.
Money in Caracas
A card with no foreign fee and an account that holds several currencies make a stay much cheaper:
- Accounts – the best bank accounts for digital nomads, by where you live
- Cards – what a card costs you abroad in the card fees abroad calculator
- Sending money – the cheapest way to move money there in the money transfer comparison
The finders show only accounts and cards you can open from where you live.
Time zone
Caracas runs on Caracas time (America/Caracas).
See how many working hours you'd share with your clients or team in the time zone overlap calculator.
FAQs about Caracas
Here are the questions people ask most about Caracas, answered from this guide.
The mildest, driest months are January, February, March, April, May, June, September, November and December, with afternoons between 68°F and 84°F (20°C and 29°C) and little rain.
That's from NASA POWER's monthly climate averages for the point (a grid about 50 km across, so a coastal or mountain city can read a little off).
In M-Lab's open speed tests over the last 12 months, half came in above 24 Mbps download and 14 Mbps upload.
The fastest quarter of lines, closer to a good fiber connection, came in above 73 Mbps.
The US State Department rates Venezuela Level 3 ("Reconsider travel", updated 2026-06-27). Level 3 means the US asks you to reconsider the trip.
Some advisories are stricter for parts of a country, so read the full advisory before you go.
It depends on your passport and how long you stay.
The visa-free countries map shows your stay without a visa, and the digital nomad visa finder shows whether Venezuela has a visa for remote work.
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