Havana vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Havana	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$993	$1909
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2412	$4454
🏠 One person rent	$421	$1181
🏘️ Family rent	$682	$1992
🍽️ Food expenses	$358	$456
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$419	$2307
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	46	93
😀 Quality of life	53	89
🏙️ Population	2.49M	1.4M

The cost of living in Havana is 48% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 5709th and 2387th ($993 vs $1909) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Cuba and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Cuba vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Havana compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 6482nd and 285th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Prague

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	Havana	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.77	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$49
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.02	$10.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.23	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$1.17	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.85	$2.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$1087
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$335	$914
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1980
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$592	$1562
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$24.8	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$38	$323
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.4	$23.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.15%	4.7%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$383	$10243
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$432	$7562
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$1.67
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$28.7	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.52	$16.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$1.77
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.21	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.38	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.9	$4.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.49	$13.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.39	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$2.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.68	$1.34
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.02	$2.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.28	$8.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.79	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.65	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.81	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$2.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.17	$3.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.7	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.13	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.3	$44.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.5	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.4	$92.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$79.2	$122
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$1061
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8521	$17389

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1720
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1696
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1678
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1375
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1244
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1139
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1895
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1273
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1093
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1103
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1114
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1227
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1525
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1200
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1364
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1272
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1188
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1188
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1472
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1265
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1280
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1305
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1321
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1288
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1476
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1301
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1196
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1133
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1479
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1478
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1531
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$980
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1305
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1494
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1346
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1476
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1468
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1383