Havana vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Havana	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$993	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2412	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$421	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$682	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$419	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	46	99
😀 Quality of life	53	96
🏙️ Population	2.49M	2.11M

The cost of living in Havana is 60% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 5709th and 916th ($993 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Cuba and France, respectively. Check Cuba vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Havana compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 6482nd and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Paris

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	Havana	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.77	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.17	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$592	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.8	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.4	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.15%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$383	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$432	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.7	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.52	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.21	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.9	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.02	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.28	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.65	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.81	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.17	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.13	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.3	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.5	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.4	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.2	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8521	$17184

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544