Havana vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Havana	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$993	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2412	$3752
🏠 One person rent	$421	$959
🏘️ Family rent	$682	$1694
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$382
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$419	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	28 km
🎓 Higher education	46	96
😀 Quality of life	53	72
🏙️ Population	2.49M	13.3M

The cost of living in Havana is 37% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 5709th and 3728th ($993 vs $1585) 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 0.4 months in Havana compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 6482nd and 3206th 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	$3.77	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$6.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$4.91
☕ Cappuccino	$1.17	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$1.56
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$1348
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$719
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$2372
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$592	$1313
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.8	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38	$160
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.4	$9.13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.15%	22.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$383	$10959
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$432	$4560
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.7	$41.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.52	$6.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.21	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$1.76
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.9	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$6.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$2.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$0.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.02	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.28	$9.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.21
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.65	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.77
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.81	$2.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$2.06
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.17	$1.9
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$49.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.13	$7.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.3	$33
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.5	$7.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.4	$88.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.2	$146
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$735
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8521	$17546

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Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1141
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1091
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1164
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1199
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1155
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1138
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$2932
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$872
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1170
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1157
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1097
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3170
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1228
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2831
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2847
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2801
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2761
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2662
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2872
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2620
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2502
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3297
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2532
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2465
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2509
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2589
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2870
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2684
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2738
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2775
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2991
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2739
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2808
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2739
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2586
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2767
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2783
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2713
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2963
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2690

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$978
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$989
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$971
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$891
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$957
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$910
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$959
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$950
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$726
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$637
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$777
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$905
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$732
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$738
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$726
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$695
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$738
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$757
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$696
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$686
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$749
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$589
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$597
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$578
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$940
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$595
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$680
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$682
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$724
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$335
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$748
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$567
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$505
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$622
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$773
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$585
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$545
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$516
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$757
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$791