Dongguan vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Dongguan	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$656	$926
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1973	$2500
🏠 One person rent	$250	$373
🏘️ Family rent	$527	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$232	$352
🚐 Transport expenses	$84	$90.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$742	$53.9
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	46 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	69	47
😀 Quality of life	69	53
🏙️ Population	10.5M	2.49M

The cost of living in Dongguan is 29% less expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 7169th and 5902nd ($656 vs $926) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 97th and 24th in China and Cuba, respectively. Check China vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Dongguan compared to 0.1 months in Havana. Dongguan ranked 16th best city to live in China vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 2941st and 6054th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dongguan vs Havana

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	Dongguan	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.41	$4.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.9	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.24	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.73	$1.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$2.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$319	$328
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$171	$262
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$659	$1018
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$406	$611
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.3	$23.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$35
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$12.3	$74.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.08%	7.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5615	$396
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3422	$336
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.1	$24.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$4.16	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.13	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.61	$3.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.1	$5.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.46	$5.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$9.84
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$5.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.71
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.36	$0.74
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.07	$6.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$10.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.72	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.79	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$5.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.2	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.57	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$62.1	$40.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.94	$0.85
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.2	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.17	$34.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$65.3	$76.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$489	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$20945	$10030

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Cities near Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$774
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$916
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$611
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$601
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$461
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$804
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$653
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2432
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1588
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$794
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$764
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$812
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$936
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$823
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$877
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$755
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$569
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$803
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$758
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$443
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$655
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$451
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$581
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$724
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$761
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$756
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$761
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$771
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$649
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$702
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$522
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$609
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$590
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$579
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598

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