Havana vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Havana	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$1899
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2571	$4415
🏠 One person rent	$472	$1182
🏘️ Family rent	$777	$1957
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$451
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$125
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$2366
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	46	93
😀 Quality of life	54	89
🏙️ Population	2.49M	1.4M

The cost of living in Havana is 44% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 5103rd and 2377th ($1073 vs $1899) 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 0.5 months in Havana compared to 1.2 months in Prague. Havana ranked 4th best city to live in Cuba vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 6382nd and 244th 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	$4.33	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$48.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$3.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.36	$3.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$2.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$1089
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$928
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1964
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$688	$1546
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.4	$199
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$304
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$22.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.1%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$332	$10118
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$7415
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$1.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.1	$25.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.57	$16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$1.84
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.27	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.57	$1.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$9.93
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.51	$15.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$2.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$3.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.3
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.96	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.98	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$4.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$67.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.29	$12
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.1	$43.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.2	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.1	$89.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.1	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$1075
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7234	$19039

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Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1213
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1168
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1163
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1196
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1160
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1212
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$2957
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$886
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1165
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1158
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1090
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3151
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1232
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2843
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2859
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2805
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2747
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2668
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2854
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2636
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2483
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3216
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2556
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2487
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2471
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2602
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2840
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2747
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2808
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$3046
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2762
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2842
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2756
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2589
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2802
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2792
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2721
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2958
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2607

Cities near Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1696
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1685
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1661
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1402
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1115
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1276
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1875
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1094
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$1006
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1107
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1216
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1517
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1174
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1397
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1250
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1174
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1460
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1258
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1259
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1280
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1412
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1256
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1424
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1289
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1108
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1412
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1448
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$956
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1316
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1503
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1410
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1340