Havana vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Havana	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1073	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2571	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$472	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$777	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$378	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$110	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$553	$2284
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	46	70
😀 Quality of life	54	78
🏙️ Population	2.49M	7.01M

The cost of living in Havana is 34% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 5103rd and 3485th ($1073 vs $1628) 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 0.5 months in Havana compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Havana ranked 4th best city to live in Cuba vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 6382nd and 899th 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	$4.33	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$33.6	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.9	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.36	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.71	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$297	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$688	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.4	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$43.2	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$76.1	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.1%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$332	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$33.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.57	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.44	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.27	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.57	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.53	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.3	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.51	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.24	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.78	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.06	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.96	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.98	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.82	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.8	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.53	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.15	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.8	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.29	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.1	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.2	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.1	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.1	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7234	$10912

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459