Havana vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Havana	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1001	$1190
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2669	$3757
🏠 One person rent	$409	$635
🏘️ Family rent	$776	$1613
🍽️ Food expenses	$398	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$94.4	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3452	$1455
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	47	100
😀 Quality of life	78	78
🏙️ Population	2.49M	24.9M

The cost of living in Havana is 16% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 5313th and 4461st ($1001 vs $1190) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 25th and 6th in Cuba and China, respectively. Check Cuba vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 3.4 months in Havana compared to 1.2 months in Shanghai. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 567th and 558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Shanghai

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	Havana	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.99	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.8	$40.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.54	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.23	$3.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.36	$0.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$325	$901
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$497
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1014	$2595
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$613	$1269
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.8	$39.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.2	$60.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.6	$17.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.34%	4.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$17366
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$348	$9346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$20	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.5	$6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.96	$2.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.83	$2.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$1.47
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.93	$18.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.31	$4.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.91	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.87	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.97	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.99	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.76	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.48	$3.45
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23	$6.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$9.92	$7.06
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.02	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$4.37	$2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.99	$8.16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49	$89.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$30.1	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.4	$66.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76	$78.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$92.7	$1283
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15283	$28143

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Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1138
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1092
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1182
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1220
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1209
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1137
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$3241
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$1247
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1269
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1312
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1371
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$4065
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1507
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$3152
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$3104
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2924
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2904
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2771
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2809
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2752
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2565
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3068
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2722
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2780
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2608
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2711
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2770
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2705
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2738
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2900
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2644
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2686
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2714
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2611
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2610
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2569
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2647
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2611
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2883

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1074
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$731
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$771
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$763
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$1020
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$682
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$731
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$651
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$678
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$687
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$699
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$688
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$690
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$677
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$675
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$755
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$707
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$713
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$682
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$831
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$665
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$679
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$694
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$625
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$707
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$625
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$703
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$631
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$645
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$720
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$725
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$696
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$617
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$719
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$789
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$652
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$740