Havana vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Havana	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$926	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$373	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.6	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$53.9	$991
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	47	93
😀 Quality of life	53	66
🏙️ Population	2.49M	9.37M

The cost of living in Havana is 48% more expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 5902nd and 7405th ($926 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 160th in Cuba and China, respectively. Check Cuba vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Havana compared to 1.6 months in Hefei. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 6054th and 3963rd 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	$4.41	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.21	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1018	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.1	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.8	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$396	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.28	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.94	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.79	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.85	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.9	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10030	$8278

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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

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665