Havana vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Havana	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$926	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$373	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.6	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$53.9	$2731
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	47	72
😀 Quality of life	53	78
🏙️ Population	2.49M	7.01M

The cost of living in Havana is 43% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5902nd and 2911th ($926 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 1st in Cuba and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Cuba vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Havana compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6054th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Riyadh

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	Havana	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.41	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.21	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1018	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.1	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.8	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$396	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.28	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.94	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.79	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.85	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.9	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10030	$10598

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Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1094
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1017
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1273
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1214
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1122
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1071
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$2897
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$865
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1107
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1058
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1101
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$4044
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1211
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$3092
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$3032
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2865
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2805
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2604
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2756
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2553
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2581
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3075
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2474
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2381
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2611
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2528
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2762
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2651
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2660
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2732
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2939
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2714
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2758
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2710
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2590
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2731
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2793
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2681
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$3016
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2945

Cities near Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529