Cologne vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cologne	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1744	$926
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4212	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$947	$373
🏘️ Family rent	$1673	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$491	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$90.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3148	$53.9
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	15 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	92	47
😀 Quality of life	96	53
🏙️ Population	1.09M	2.49M

The cost of living in Cologne is 88% more expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 2551st and 5902nd ($1744 vs $926) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 24th in Germany and Cuba, respectively. Check Germany vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.8 months in Cologne compared to 0.1 months in Havana. Cologne ranked 2nd best city to live in Germany vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 12th and 6054th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cologne vs Havana

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	Cologne	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.1	$4.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.3	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.4	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.67	$2.01
☕ Cappuccino	$3.64	$1.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.1	$2.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$963	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$743	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1902	$1018
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1332	$611
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$23.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$186	$35
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.4	$74.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.01%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6163	$396
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5539	$336
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.35	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$56.6	$24.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.83	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.23	$3.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.8	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.5	$5.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$5.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$5.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.06	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.64	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.22	$6.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.56	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.02	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.09	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.17	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.2	$5.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.75	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.5	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.5	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$0.85
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.2	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$18.4	$34.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$94.7	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$773	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15595	$10030

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Cities near Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772

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