Havana vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Havana	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1024	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2527	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$490	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$860	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$351	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.8	$1262
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	47	96
😀 Quality of life	53	74
🏙️ Population	2.49M	13M

The cost of living in Havana is 5% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5521st and 5091st ($1024 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Cuba and Russia, respectively. Check Cuba vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Havana compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6030th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Moscow

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	Havana	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.37	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.8	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.22	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.9	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.2	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$134	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.37%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$395	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$332	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.6	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.52	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.27	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.56	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.96	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.94	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.03	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.43	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.86	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.3	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.7	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.2	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$52.5	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13025	$11652

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Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1113
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1076
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1203
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1182
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1108
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1096
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$3014
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$878
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1110
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1053
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1103
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3991
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1210
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$3058
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$3002
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2849
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2808
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2644
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2803
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2612
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2570
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3103
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2551
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2562
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2591
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2578
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2753
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2645
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2671
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2717
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2898
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2659
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2682
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2691
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2608
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2647
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2630
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2623
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2724
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2942

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541