Buenos Aires vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Buenos Aires	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1130	$926
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2837	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$470	$373
🏘️ Family rent	$887	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$439	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$97	$90.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$635	$53.9
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	79	47
😀 Quality of life	74	53
🏙️ Population	3.12M	2.49M

The cost of living in Buenos Aires is 22% more expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 4694th and 5902nd ($1130 vs $926) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Argentina and Cuba, respectively. Check Argentina vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Buenos Aires compared to 0.1 months in Havana. Buenos Aires ranked 1st best city to live in Argentina vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 1194th and 6054th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Buenos Aires vs Havana

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	Buenos Aires	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.4	$4.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$47	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.6	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.9	$2.01
☕ Cappuccino	$4.09	$1.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.14	$2.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$530	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$357	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1019	$1018
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$719	$611
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$52.4	$23.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$80.8	$35
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.5	$74.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	35.01%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2657	$396
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1964	$336
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.6	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$23.6	$24.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.1	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.5	$3.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.99	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.8	$5.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$5.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.96	$6.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.97	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.26	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$5.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.55	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.04	$0.85
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.9	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$14.5	$34.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$110	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$131	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$277	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5728	$10030

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Cities near Buenos Aires

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Villa Dominico	$805
11 km or 7 mi	Lanus	$979
13 km or 7.9 mi	Wilde	$741
13 km or 8.1 mi	Remedios de Escalada	$923
14 km or 8.7 mi	Caseros	$939
14 km or 8.8 mi	Florida Este	$924
14 km or 8.9 mi	Ciudad Madero	$932
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bernal	$643
15 km or 9.4 mi	Monte Chingolo	$838
15 km or 9.6 mi	Lomas del Mirador	$938
17 km or 10 mi	La Tablada	$938
17 km or 10 mi	Quilmes	$552
18 km or 11 mi	Ramos Mejia	$936
18 km or 11 mi	San Justo	$963
19 km or 12 mi	El Palomar	$935
19 km or 12 mi	Temperley	$849
19 km or 12 mi	Lomas de Zamora	$865
19 km or 12 mi	San Isidro	$952
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Evita	$921
19 km or 12 mi	San Francisco Solano	$803
20 km or 12 mi	Villa Luzuriaga	$938
20 km or 13 mi	Rafael Calzada	$856
22 km or 13 mi	Isidro Casanova	$940
22 km or 13 mi	Ezpeleta	$828
22 km or 14 mi	Moron	$964
24 km or 15 mi	San Fernando de la Buena Vista	$966
24 km or 15 mi	Florencio Varela	$863
24 km or 15 mi	Burzaco	$859
24 km or 15 mi	Berazategui	$853
25 km or 15 mi	Gregorio de Laferrere	$925
25 km or 16 mi	Rafael Castillo	$928
25 km or 16 mi	Monte Grande	$877
29 km or 18 mi	Ezeiza	$889
29 km or 18 mi	Longchamps	$865
29 km or 18 mi	Libertad	$921
31 km or 19 mi	Gonzalez Catan	$920
32 km or 20 mi	Glew	$863
32 km or 20 mi	Merlo	$928
36 km or 23 mi	Jose C. Paz	$915
37 km or 23 mi	Virrey del Pino	$899

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