Havana vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Havana	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$926	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$373	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.6	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$53.9	$571
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	47	71
😀 Quality of life	53	64
🏙️ Population	2.49M	2.95M

The cost of living in Havana is 9% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 5902nd and 6262nd ($926 vs $850) 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 0.1 months in Havana compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 6054th and 4484th 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	$4.41	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.21	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1018	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.1	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.8	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$396	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.28	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.94	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.79	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.85	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.9	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10030	$7184

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570