Havana vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Havana	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$926	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$373	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.6	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$53.9	$1842
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	47	92
😀 Quality of life	53	86
🏙️ Population	2.49M	2.75M

The cost of living in Havana is 46% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 5902nd and 2624th ($926 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 2nd in Cuba and Italy, respectively. Check Cuba vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Havana compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 6054th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Rome

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	Havana	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.41	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.21	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1018	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.1	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.8	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$396	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.28	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.94	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.79	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.85	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.9	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10030	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201