Havana vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Havana	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$993	$882
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2412	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$421	$454
🏘️ Family rent	$682	$749
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$70.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$419	$440
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	46	73
😀 Quality of life	53	63
🏙️ Population	2.49M	2.95M

The cost of living in Havana is 13% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 5709th and 6441st ($993 vs $882) 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 0.4 months in Havana compared to 0.5 months in Kyiv. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Kyiv ranked 3rd in Ukraine, while ranked 6482nd and 5524th 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	$3.77	$9.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$6.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.17	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$545
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$592	$557
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.8	$65.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.4	$6.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.15%	18.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$383	$2565
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$432	$1111
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.7	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.52	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.21	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$0.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.32
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.9	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$4.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$8.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.02	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.28	$5.39
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.65	$2.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.81	$4.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$1.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.17	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$36.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.13	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.3	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.5	$8.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.4	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.2	$93.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8521	$9101

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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

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$487
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$500
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$562
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$476
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$584
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$545
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$599
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$465
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$546
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$792
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$405
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$516
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$450
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$492
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$806
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$484
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$826
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$464
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$637
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$796
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$554
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$622
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$748
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$967
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$534
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$561
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$686
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$499
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$686
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$574
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$869
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1049
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$682
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$1042
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$757
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$568
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$836
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$873
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$628