Arlington vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$926
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$373
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$90.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$53.9
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	90	47
😀 Quality of life	73	53
🏙️ Population	394K	2.49M

The cost of living in Arlington is 103% more expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 2153rd and 5902nd ($1883 vs $926) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th 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 0.1 months in Havana. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 1499th and 6054th 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	$4.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$2.01
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$1.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$2.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$1018
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$611
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$23.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$35
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$74.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$396
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$336
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$24.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$3.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$5.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$5.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$6.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$5.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$0.85
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$34.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$10030

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1094
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1017
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1273
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1214
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1122
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1071
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$2897
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$865
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1107
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1058
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1101
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$4044
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1211
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$3092
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$3032
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2865
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2805
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2604
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2756
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2553
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2581
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3075
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2474
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2381
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2611
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2528
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2762
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2651
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2660
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2732
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2939
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2714
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2758
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2710
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2590
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2731
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2793
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2681
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$3016
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2945