Havana vs Sapporo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Havana	Sapporo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$926	$1204
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$2904
🏠 One person rent	$373	$530
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$905
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.6	$163
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$53.9	$1450
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	47	73
😀 Quality of life	53	87
🏙️ Population	2.49M	1.96M

The cost of living in Havana is 23% less expensive than in Sapporo. Cities ranked 5902nd and 4470th ($926 vs $1204) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 39th in Cuba and Japan, respectively. Check Cuba vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Havana compared to 1.2 months in Sapporo. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Sapporo ranked 9th in Japan, while ranked 6054th and 262nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Sapporo

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	Havana	Sapporo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.41	$9.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$5.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$2.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.21	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$266
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1018	$723
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.1	$185
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$288
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.8	$42.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$396	$2347
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$1657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$1.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$49.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$18.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.28	$1.49
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$8.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$8.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$6.95
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$3.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$4.04
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$3.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$2.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$2.17
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.94	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$6.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$2.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$8.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.79	$8.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$3.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$2.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.85	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$26.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.9	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$42.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$53.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$265
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10030	$10781

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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 Sapporo

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Ishikari	$1071
15 km or 9.6 mi	Ebetsu	$1070
19 km or 12 mi	Kitahiroshima	$1068
27 km or 17 mi	Eniwa	$1068
32 km or 20 mi	Otaru	$1067
36 km or 23 mi	Chitose	$1061
37 km or 23 mi	Iwamizawa	$1048
50 km or 31 mi	Bibai	$1014
52 km or 32 mi	Tomakomai	$1073
71 km or 44 mi	Takikawa	$966
75 km or 47 mi	Noboribetsu	$1069
77 km or 48 mi	Date	$1073
89 km or 55 mi	Muroran	$1078
89 km or 55 mi	Furano	$954
93 km or 58 mi	Fukagawa	$933
100 km or 62 mi	Rumoi	$966
113 km or 70 mi	Asahikawa	$933
115 km or 72 mi	Shinhidaka	$1039
141 km or 87 mi	Nanae	$1083
149 km or 93 mi	Hokuto	$1081
150 km or 93 mi	Otofuke	$972
151 km or 94 mi	Obihiro	$988
152 km or 95 mi	Hakodate	$1119
164 km or 102 mi	Makubetsu	$976
169 km or 105 mi	Nayoro	$941
197 km or 123 mi	Mutsu	$1082
216 km or 134 mi	Monbetsu	$947
220 km or 137 mi	Kushiro	$971
221 km or 137 mi	Kitami	$953
254 km or 158 mi	Aomori	$1114
258 km or 160 mi	Abashiri	$958
261 km or 162 mi	Wakkanai	$976
262 km or 163 mi	Goshogawara	$1065
263 km or 164 mi	Tsugaru	$1064
265 km or 164 mi	Misawa	$1082
273 km or 169 mi	Towada	$1085
274 km or 170 mi	Oirase	$1090
276 km or 172 mi	Kuroishi	$1079
283 km or 176 mi	Hirakawa	$1082
283 km or 176 mi	Hirosaki	$1088