Dhaka vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dhaka	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$478	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1155	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$150	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$256	$777
🍽️ Food expenses	$209	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$79.9	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$238	$553
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	76	46
😀 Quality of life	58	54
🏙️ Population	16.8M	2.49M

The cost of living in Dhaka is 55% less expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 8770th and 5103rd ($478 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Bangladesh and Cuba, respectively. Check Bangladesh vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Dhaka compared to 0.5 months in Havana. Dhaka ranked 1st best city to live in Bangladesh vs Havana ranked 4th in Cuba, while ranked 6105th and 6382nd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this picture

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/dhaka/havana.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Dhaka vs Havana infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/dhaka/havana" target="_blank">Dhaka vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Dhaka vs Havana

Prices for goods and services in Dhaka and Havana are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Dhaka	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.19	$4.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.2	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.87	$1.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.25	$1.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.3	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$166	$297
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$101	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$300	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$181	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.5	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40	$43.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$10.8	$76.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.58%	9.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1249	$332
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$700	$398
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.41	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.4	$33.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.35	$8.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.44
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$3.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.55	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.17	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.47	$5.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.55	$7.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.54	$8.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.76	$6.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.91	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$3.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.67	$2.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.3	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.52	$3.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.19	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.09	$5.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.5	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.91	$1.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.25	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.49	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.88	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.88	$3.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.08	$1.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$63.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.12	$35.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$17	$45.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$47	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.5	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2391	$7234

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Dhaka

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.5 mi	Narayanganj	$348
38 km or 24 mi	Narsingdi	$357
77 km or 48 mi	Brahmanbaria	$329
90 km or 56 mi	Agartala	$342
113 km or 70 mi	Barisal	$321
115 km or 71 mi	Mymensingh	$278
132 km or 82 mi	Khulna	$287
135 km or 84 mi	Jessore	$326
164 km or 102 mi	Bogra	$297
196 km or 122 mi	Rajshahi	$289
196 km or 122 mi	Krishnanagar	$272
199 km or 124 mi	Sylhet	$327
207 km or 129 mi	Shantipur	$285
213 km or 132 mi	Chittagong	$358
221 km or 137 mi	Naihati	$313
222 km or 138 mi	Berhampore	$288
223 km or 139 mi	Bhatpara	$319
224 km or 139 mi	Hugli-Chuchura	$311
226 km or 141 mi	Chandannagar	$311
228 km or 142 mi	Rajarhat	$327
229 km or 142 mi	Madhyamgram	$318
234 km or 145 mi	Barrackpore	$314
234 km or 146 mi	North Dumdum	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Balurghat	$288
236 km or 147 mi	Serampore	$315
236 km or 147 mi	Aizawl	$435
236 km or 147 mi	Panihati	$324
238 km or 148 mi	Kamarhati	$321
238 km or 148 mi	South Dumdum	$326
238 km or 148 mi	Bidhannagar	$333
239 km or 149 mi	Baranagar	$318
239 km or 149 mi	Uttarpara	$313
241 km or 150 mi	Bally	$319
247 km or 154 mi	Howrah	$321
248 km or 154 mi	Kolkata	$362
248 km or 154 mi	Rajpur Sonarpur	$331
254 km or 158 mi	Rangpur	$307
255 km or 159 mi	Shillong	$336
259 km or 161 mi	Barasat	$328
265 km or 165 mi	Bardhaman	$296

Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1213
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1168
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1163
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1196
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1160
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1212
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$2957
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$886
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1165
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1158
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1090
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3151
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1232
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2843
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2859
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2805
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2747
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2668
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2854
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2636
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2483
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3216
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2556
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2487
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2471
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2602
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2840
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2747
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2808
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$3046
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2762
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2842
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2756
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2589
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2802
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2792
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2721
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2958
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2607