Dresden vs Havana - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Dresden	Havana
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1448	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3599	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$637	$472
🏘️ Family rent	$1099	$777
🍽️ Food expenses	$517	$378
🚐 Transport expenses	$159	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3219	$553
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	10 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	65	46
😀 Quality of life	92	54
🏙️ Population	566K	2.49M

The cost of living in Dresden is 35% more expensive than in Havana. Cities ranked 4158th and 5103rd ($1448 vs $1073) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 592nd 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 0.5 months in Havana. Dresden ranked 17th best city to live in Germany vs Havana ranked 4th in Cuba, while ranked 96th and 6382nd 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	$14.5	$4.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.7	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11.1	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.44	$1.9
☕ Cappuccino	$4.13	$1.36
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.84	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$652	$297
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$423	$385
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1203	$537
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$764	$688
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$131	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$210	$43.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$37.8	$76.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.99%	9.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5147	$332
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2772	$398
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$1.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.2	$33.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$8.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.06	$1.44
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$3.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.77	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.69	$3.72
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$5.53
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$7.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.9	$8.51
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$6.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.2	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.69	$2.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$3.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$5.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.91	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$1.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.96	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.37	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$5.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.43	$2.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.66	$3.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.2	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13	$1.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$52.6	$63.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$35.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$87.6	$45.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$446	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15933	$7234

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Cities near Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551

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