Havana vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Havana	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$1331
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2272	$3182
🏠 One person rent	$375	$721
🏘️ Family rent	$620	$1296
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$410
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.9	$93.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$488	$892
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	47	92
😀 Quality of life	68	72
🏙️ Population	2.49M	9.21M

The cost of living in Havana is 31% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 6118th and 4418th ($918 vs $1331) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 5th in Cuba and Mexico, respectively. Check Cuba vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Havana compared to 0.7 months in Mexico City. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 4455th and 3317th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Mexico City

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	Havana	Mexico City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.37	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$41.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$8.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.01	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.07	$1.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$578
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$409	$1819
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1067
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$47.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.9	$30
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.12%	11.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$3569
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$509	$2491
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$22.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.6	$5.33
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.81	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$7.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.34	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.99	$2.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$2.09
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$1.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.97	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$4.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.87	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$2.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$53.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.99	$5.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.4	$44.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.4	$15.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.8	$57.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.5	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$427
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8426	$11015

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Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1064
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1014
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1164
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1157
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1114
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1057
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$3002
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$855
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1146
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1154
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1097
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3343
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1221
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2905
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2885
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2818
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2774
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2649
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2846
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2622
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2545
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3178
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2543
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2471
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2548
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2588
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2839
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2726
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2788
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2977
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2773
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2813
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2795
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2598
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2794
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2845
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2741
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$3076
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2854

Cities near Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$908
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$932
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$898
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$942
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$777
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$869
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$962
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$818
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$904
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$851
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$938
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$868
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$926
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$819
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$842
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$977
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$717
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$914
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$998
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$912
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$936
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$1184
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$875
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$724
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$764
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$858
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$873
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$846
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$875
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$894
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$784
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$643
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$893
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$896
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$860
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$1030