Doha vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Doha	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1849	$918
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4110	$2272
🏠 One person rent	$1204	$375
🏘️ Family rent	$2063	$620
🍽️ Food expenses	$412	$346
🚐 Transport expenses	$101	$87.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3003	$488
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	44	47
😀 Quality of life	82	68
🏙️ Population	1.19M	2.49M

The cost of living in Doha is 101% more expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 2509th and 6118th ($1849 vs $918) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 24th in Qatar and Cuba, respectively. Check Qatar vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Doha compared to 0.5 months in Havana. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 608th and 4455th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Havana

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	Doha	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.4	$4.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$55.7	$27.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.4	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$5.46	$1.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.07
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1391	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$974	$292
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2548	$409
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1715	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$96.7	$33.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$84.5	$74.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.15%	9.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5456	$398
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3618	$509
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30.8	$24.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.3	$6.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.56	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.06	$2.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.43	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.85	$4.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$5.76
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.82	$5.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$9.34
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.12	$2.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.33	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.78	$5.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.7	$8.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.26	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.94	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.09	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$5.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.87	$2.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.07	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$118	$37.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$0.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.3	$63.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.52	$35.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$64.6	$34.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$100	$75.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$825	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11426	$8426

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Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1770
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1201
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1230
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1237
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$908
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$806
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1008
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$873
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$930
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1730
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1942
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2514
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1419
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2521
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1183
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$530
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$453
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$477
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1449
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$529
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1398
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$503
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1228
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$553
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1627
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$530
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$463
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$730
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$483
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$534
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$549
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$792
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$719
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$889

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