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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 Moazzezby Navid Moazzez·Updated Oct 2, 2026·4 min read·
Venezuela
Caracas
M-Lab internet: 24 Mbps · 73 on fast linesAir: about 17 µg/m³ PM2.5, estimatedNavid lived here
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Here'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.

January
High
79°F (26°C)
Low
67°F (19°C)
Rain
1.7 in (42 mm)
February
High
80°F (26°C)
Low
66°F (19°C)
Rain
1.2 in (30 mm)
March
High
82°F (28°C)
Low
67°F (19°C)
Rain
0.6 in (14 mm)
April
High
83°F (28°C)
Low
68°F (20°C)
Rain
1.6 in (41 mm)
May
High
83°F (29°C)
Low
70°F (21°C)
Rain
2.8 in (71 mm)
June
High
82°F (28°C)
Low
70°F (21°C)
Rain
3.4 in (87 mm)
July
High
81°F (27°C)
Low
70°F (21°C)
Rain
4.0 in (101 mm)
August
High
82°F (28°C)
Low
71°F (21°C)
Rain
4.7 in (120 mm)
September
High
82°F (28°C)
Low
71°F (22°C)
Rain
3.5 in (89 mm)
October
High
82°F (28°C)
Low
71°F (22°C)
Rain
3.8 in (96 mm)
November
High
81°F (27°C)
Low
70°F (21°C)
Rain
3.0 in (77 mm)
December
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.

January
PM2.5
10 µg/m³
Against the WHO guideline
2.1x
February
PM2.5
14 µg/m³
Against the WHO guideline
2.9x
March
PM2.5
16 µg/m³
Against the WHO guideline
3.2x
April
PM2.5
21 µg/m³
Against the WHO guideline
4.2x
May
PM2.5
24 µg/m³
Against the WHO guideline
4.8x
June
PM2.5
22 µg/m³
Against the WHO guideline
4.5x
July
PM2.5
22 µg/m³
Against the WHO guideline
4.4x
August
PM2.5
19 µg/m³
Against the WHO guideline
3.8x
September
PM2.5
17 µg/m³
Against the WHO guideline
3.3x
October
PM2.5
15 µg/m³
Against the WHO guideline
3.0x
November
PM2.5
14 µg/m³
Against the WHO guideline
2.7x
December
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:

Coworking spaces
0
within 15 km
Spots with Wi-Fi
0
cafés and libraries within 4 km

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:

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:

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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