Havana vs Louisville - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Havana	Louisville
🚶 Cost of living one person	$926	$1821
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$4500
🏠 One person rent	$373	$1051
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$1950
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$556
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.6	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$53.9	$3986
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	47	60
😀 Quality of life	53	87
🏙️ Population	2.49M	246K

The cost of living in Havana is 49% less expensive than in Louisville. Cities ranked 5902nd and 2336th ($926 vs $1821) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1917th in Cuba and the United States, respectively. Check Cuba vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Havana compared to 2.2 months in Louisville. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Louisville ranked 78th in the United States, while ranked 6054th and 299th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Louisville

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	Havana	Louisville
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.41	$14.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$65.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$10.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$5.63
☕ Cappuccino	$1.21	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1023
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$833
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1018	$1823
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$1673
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.1	$121
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$188
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.8	$58.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	6.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$396	$3405
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$3066
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$1.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$48.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$16.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.28	$0.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$2.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$3.22
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$4.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$4.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$5.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.94	$1.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$14.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$3.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$8.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.79	$5.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$3.47
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$23.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.85	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$113
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.9	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$48.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$88.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$1240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10030	$13378

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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 Louisville

Distance	City	Cost of living
4.7 km or 2.9 mi	Jeffersonville	$1731
6.4 km or 3.9 mi	Clarksville	$1863
8 km or 4.9 mi	New Albany	$1903
16 km or 10 mi	Jeffersontown	$1874
46 km or 29 mi	Shelbyville	$1851
50 km or 31 mi	Radcliff	$1865
63 km or 39 mi	Elizabethtown	$1777
78 km or 48 mi	Frankfort	$1664
104 km or 65 mi	Georgetown	$1874
107 km or 67 mi	Columbus	$1875
111 km or 69 mi	Nicholasville	$1862
113 km or 70 mi	Lexington	$1845
121 km or 75 mi	Bloomington	$2147
126 km or 79 mi	Florence	$1940
130 km or 81 mi	Independence	$2145
132 km or 82 mi	Owensboro	$1779
140 km or 87 mi	Franklin	$2001
140 km or 87 mi	Richmond	$1636
140 km or 87 mi	Winchester	$1848
140 km or 87 mi	Covington	$2490
146 km or 91 mi	Cincinnati	$1925
154 km or 96 mi	Greenwood	$2010
154 km or 96 mi	Bowling Green	$1751
159 km or 99 mi	Fairfield	$1914
161 km or 100 mi	Evansville	$2100
163 km or 101 mi	Hamilton	$1895
164 km or 102 mi	Oxford	$1839
165 km or 102 mi	Somerset	$1432
167 km or 104 mi	Henderson	$1847
170 km or 106 mi	Plainfield	$1953
171 km or 106 mi	Greenfield	$1880
172 km or 107 mi	Indianapolis	$2189
173 km or 108 mi	Tompkinsville	$1824
175 km or 109 mi	Mason	$1853
180 km or 112 mi	Lawrence	$2023
183 km or 114 mi	Middletown	$1427
185 km or 115 mi	Brownsburg	$1751
186 km or 116 mi	Lebanon	$1834
190 km or 118 mi	Richmond	$1872
190 km or 118 mi	Fishers	$1974