Havana vs Ottawa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Havana	Ottawa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$2096
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2272	$4619
🏠 One person rent	$375	$1231
🏘️ Family rent	$620	$1937
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$576
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.9	$166
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$488	$3333
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	47	50
😀 Quality of life	68	92
🏙️ Population	2.49M	1.02M

The cost of living in Havana is 56% less expensive than in Ottawa. Cities ranked 6118th and 1744th ($918 vs $2096) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 24th in Cuba and Canada, respectively. Check Cuba vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Havana compared to 1.6 months in Ottawa. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Ottawa ranked 11th in Canada, while ranked 4455th and 129th 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	$4.37	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$63.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$5.52
☕ Cappuccino	$1.01	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.07	$2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$1295
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$1036
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$409	$2109
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1647
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$95.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$150
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.9	$47.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.12%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$4937
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$509	$3196
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$2.84
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$95.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.6	$15.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.81	$2.35
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$3.53
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$13.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.34	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.99	$3.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$3.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$3.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.99
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.97	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$12.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.87	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$1.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$42.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.99	$10.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.4	$66
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.4	$16.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.8	$56.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.5	$89
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$783
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8426	$15527

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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 Ottawa

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Gatineau	$1802
19 km or 12 mi	Kanata	$2166
87 km or 54 mi	Cornwall	$1660
94 km or 58 mi	Brockville	$1836
124 km or 77 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1935
128 km or 80 mi	Mirabel	$1782
130 km or 81 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1850
138 km or 86 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1753
141 km or 87 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1806
143 km or 89 mi	Kirkland	$1835
144 km or 89 mi	Blainville	$1780
146 km or 90 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1785
147 km or 91 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1838
147 km or 91 mi	Boisbriand	$1763
147 km or 91 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1829
147 km or 91 mi	Kingston	$1437
150 km or 93 mi	Le Ray	$1822
152 km or 94 mi	Dorval	$1853
152 km or 94 mi	Chateauguay	$1867
153 km or 95 mi	Laval	$1930
157 km or 98 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1719
158 km or 98 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1835
160 km or 100 mi	Mount Royal	$1820
162 km or 101 mi	Watertown	$1649
163 km or 102 mi	Terrebonne	$1805
163 km or 102 mi	Westmount	$1814
166 km or 103 mi	Saint-Constant	$1864
167 km or 104 mi	Montreal	$1903
167 km or 104 mi	Mascouche	$1766
170 km or 106 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1828
170 km or 106 mi	Candiac	$1892
170 km or 106 mi	Longueuil	$1842
171 km or 106 mi	La Prairie	$1911
175 km or 109 mi	Brossard	$2055
176 km or 109 mi	Boucherville	$1820
177 km or 110 mi	Repentigny	$1767
178 km or 111 mi	Varennes	$1786
183 km or 114 mi	L'Assomption	$1671
183 km or 114 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1869
185 km or 115 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1822