Dresden vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Dresden	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1531	$993
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3749	$2412
🏠 One person rent	$706	$421
🏘️ Family rent	$1209	$682
🍽️ Food expenses	$528	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$99.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3314	$419
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	65	46
😀 Quality of life	92	53
🏙️ Population	566K	2.49M

The cost of living in Dresden is 54% more expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 3968th and 5709th ($1531 vs $993) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 536th and 24th in Germany and Cuba, respectively. Check Germany vs Cuba comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.2 months in Dresden compared to 0.4 months in Havana. Dresden ranked 19th best city to live in Germany vs Havana ranked 1st in Cuba, while ranked 117th and 6482nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Dresden vs Havana

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	Dresden	Havana
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$13.3	$3.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.9	$30.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.3	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.29	$2.23
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$1.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.91	$1.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$716	$259
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1275	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$840	$592
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$24.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$243	$38
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$76.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.93%	9.15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5211	$383
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3268	$432
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.75	$1.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72.9	$28.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24	$7.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.01	$1.44
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.25	$3.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.89	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.74	$3.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.6	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12	$6.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23	$8.43
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$5.39
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.31	$2.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.69	$2.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$2.68
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.78	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.8	$6.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.68	$8.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.05	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.19	$4.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.57	$5.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.47	$2.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.68	$3.17
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$1.13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55	$63.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.9	$35.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$90.6	$40.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$111	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$390	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16803	$8521

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1478
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1476
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1473
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1476
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1460
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1305
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1462
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1227
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1454
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1494
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1525
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1502
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1474
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1103
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1497
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1280
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1200
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1478
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1464
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1510
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1488
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1472
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1334
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1382
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1401
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1146
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1188
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1576
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1652
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1276
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1375
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1553

Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1141
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1091
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1164
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1199
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1155
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1138
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$2932
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$872
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1170
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1157
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1097
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3170
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1228
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2831
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2847
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2801
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2761
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2662
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2872
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2620
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2502
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3297
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2532
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2465
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2509
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2589
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2870
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2684
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2738
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2775
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2991
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2739
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2808
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2739
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2586
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2767
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2783
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2713
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2963
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2690