Havana vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Havana	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$926	$2055
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$4624
🏠 One person rent	$373	$1212
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$1940
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.6	$162
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$53.9	$3115
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	47	50
😀 Quality of life	53	90
🏙️ Population	2.49M	1.02M

The cost of living in Havana is 55% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 5902nd and 1701st ($926 vs $2055) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 25th in Cuba and Canada, respectively. Check Cuba vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Havana compared to 1.5 months in Ottawa. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Ottawa ranked 9th in Canada, while ranked 6054th and 162nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Ottawa

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	Havana	Ottawa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.41	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$65.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$5.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.21	$3.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1214
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$1014
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1018	$2032
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$1649
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.1	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.8	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	6.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$396	$4939
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$4597
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$2.82
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$92
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.28	$2.38
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$2.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$12.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$14.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$3.49
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$3.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$1.03
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.94	$2.38
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$2.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.79	$4.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.85	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$58.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.9	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$53.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$88.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$942
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10030	$19030

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1768
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2202
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1633
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1875
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1762
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1807
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1761
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1704
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1814
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1810
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1900
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1658
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1773
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1857
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1735
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1852
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1835
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1889
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2004
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1804
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1743
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1764
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800