Arlington vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$2272
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$620
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$87.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$488
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	90	47
😀 Quality of life	77	68
🏙️ Population	394K	2.49M

The cost of living in Arlington is 102% more expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 2476th and 6118th ($1856 vs $918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 24th in the United States and Cuba, respectively. Check the United States vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 0.5 months in Havana. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 1375th and 4455th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Havana

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	Arlington	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$4.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$1.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$2.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$409
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$33.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$74.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	9.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$398
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$509
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$6.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$2.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$5.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$9.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$5.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$8.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$5.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$2.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$37.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$0.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$63.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$35.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$34.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$75.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$8426

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1064
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1014
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1164
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1157
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1114
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1057
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$3002
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$855
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1146
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1154
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1097
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3343
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1221
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2905
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2885
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2818
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2774
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2649
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2846
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2622
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2545
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3178
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2543
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2471
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2548
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2588
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2839
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2726
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2788
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2977
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2773
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2813
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2795
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2598
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2794
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2845
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2741
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$3076
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2854