Havana vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Havana	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2272	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$375	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$620	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.9	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$488	$889
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	47	53
😀 Quality of life	68	70
🏙️ Population	2.49M	8.78M

The cost of living in Havana is 48% more expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 6118th and 7641st ($918 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 138th in Cuba and China, respectively. Check Cuba vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Havana compared to 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Quanzhou ranked 32nd in China, while ranked 4455th and 4086th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Quanzhou

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	Havana	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.37	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.01	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.07	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$409	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.9	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.12%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$509	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.6	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.81	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.34	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.99	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.97	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.87	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.99	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.4	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.4	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.8	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.5	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8426	$9321

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941