Havana vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Havana	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$853
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2571	$2116
🏠 One person rent	$472	$431
🏘️ Family rent	$777	$753
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$269
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$446
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	46	73
😀 Quality of life	54	64
🏙️ Population	2.49M	2.95M

The cost of living in Havana is 26% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 5103rd and 6533rd ($1073 vs $853) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Cuba and Ukraine, respectively. Check Cuba vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Havana compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Havana ranked 4th best city to live in Cuba vs Kyiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6382nd and 5360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Kyiv

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	Havana	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.33	$9.21
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$30.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$6.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.36	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$513
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$328
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$940
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$688	$583
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.4	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$92.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.1%	17.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$332	$2604
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$1122
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.1	$13.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.57	$5.68
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.27	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.57	$0.72
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$2.01
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$9.59
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$4.77
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.51	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$0.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.96	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.98	$5.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$4.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$1.48
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.29	$5.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.1	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.2	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.1	$70.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.1	$90.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$381
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7234	$10572

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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

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$464
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$479
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$591
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$448
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$572
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$589
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$577
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$490
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$541
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$727
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$397
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$475
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$518
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$477
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$454
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$799
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$527
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$760
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$458
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$628
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$789
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$543
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$749
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$969
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$529
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$572
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$732
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$501
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$690
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$579
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$840
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$954
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$685
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1048
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$746
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$608
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$924
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$834
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$676