Havana vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Havana	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$926	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$373	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.6	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$53.9	$374
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	47	56
😀 Quality of life	53	57
🏙️ Population	2.49M	2.42M

The cost of living in Havana is 31% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 5902nd and 6861st ($926 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 25th in Cuba and Brazil, respectively. Check Cuba vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Havana compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 6054th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Salvador

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	Havana	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.41	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.21	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1018	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.1	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.8	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$396	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.28	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.94	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.79	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.85	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.9	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10030	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677