Havana vs Mexico City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Havana	Mexico City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$926	$1160
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$2923
🏠 One person rent	$373	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$1214
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.6	$78.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$53.9	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	47	92
😀 Quality of life	53	67
🏙️ Population	2.49M	9.21M

The cost of living in Havana is 20% less expensive than in Mexico City. Cities ranked 5902nd and 4604th ($926 vs $1160) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 7th in Cuba and Mexico, respectively. Check Cuba vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Havana compared to 0.6 months in Mexico City. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Mexico City ranked 1st in Mexico, while ranked 6054th and 3470th 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	$4.41	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$46.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.21	$3.69
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$846
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$475
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1018	$1732
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$998
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.1	$27.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$42.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.8	$26.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	11.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$396	$2952
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$2197
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$19.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$3.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.28	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$2.11
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$1.59
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$9.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$7.41
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$2.59
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.78
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.94	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.79	$4.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$56.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.85	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$45
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.9	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$94.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10030	$9034

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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 Mexico City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Naucalpan	$800
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tlalnepantla	$741
17 km or 10 mi	Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl	$814
19 km or 12 mi	Ciudad Lopez Mateos	$849
22 km or 14 mi	Ecatepec de Morelos	$704
25 km or 16 mi	Tultitlan de Mariano Escobedo	$770
25 km or 16 mi	Chicoloapan de Juarez	$828
26 km or 16 mi	Cuautitlan Izcalli	$742
29 km or 18 mi	Texcoco de Mora	$787
30 km or 19 mi	Tultepec	$747
31 km or 19 mi	Chalco de Diaz Covarrubias	$820
42 km or 26 mi	Zumpango	$761
55 km or 34 mi	Toluca	$696
56 km or 35 mi	Cuernavaca	$745
60 km or 37 mi	Jiutepec	$752
70 km or 44 mi	Cuautla	$858
89 km or 55 mi	Pachuca	$632
93 km or 58 mi	Atlixco	$825
105 km or 65 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$760
106 km or 66 mi	Puebla	$981
107 km or 67 mi	Taxco	$788
126 km or 79 mi	Iguala	$821
140 km or 87 mi	San Juan del Rio	$826
184 km or 114 mi	Queretaro	$983
192 km or 119 mi	Teziutlan	$770
211 km or 131 mi	Chilpancingo	$608
213 km or 132 mi	Tehuacan	$485
214 km or 133 mi	Celaya	$638
216 km or 134 mi	Poza Rica	$635
217 km or 135 mi	Morelia	$717
224 km or 139 mi	Cortazar	$693
224 km or 139 mi	Orizaba	$724
225 km or 140 mi	Yuriria	$725
229 km or 143 mi	Coatepec	$700
234 km or 145 mi	Xalapa	$574
236 km or 146 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1139
239 km or 149 mi	Cordoba	$759
250 km or 155 mi	Salamanca	$634
269 km or 167 mi	Irapuato	$667
281 km or 174 mi	Zacapu	$804