Havana vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Havana	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2272	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$375	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$620	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.9	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$488	$927
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	47	93
😀 Quality of life	68	69
🏙️ Population	2.49M	9.37M

The cost of living in Havana is 43% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 6118th and 7469th ($918 vs $643) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 101st in Cuba and China, respectively. Check Cuba vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Havana compared to 1.4 months in Hefei. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 4455th and 4318th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Hefei

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	Havana	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.37	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.01	$2.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.07	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$409	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.9	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.12%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$509	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.6	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.81	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.34	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.99	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.97	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.87	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.99	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.4	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.4	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.8	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.5	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8426	$9056

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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

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663