Havana vs Shaoyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Havana	Shaoyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$926	$592
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$1661
🏠 One person rent	$373	$209
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$411
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.6	$74.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$53.9	$709
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	47	24
😀 Quality of life	53	39
🏙️ Population	2.49M	6.56M

The cost of living in Havana is 56% more expensive than in Shaoyang. Cities ranked 5902nd and 7740th ($926 vs $592) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 263rd in Cuba and China, respectively. Check Cuba vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Havana compared to 1.2 months in Shaoyang. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Shaoyang ranked 266th in China, while ranked 6054th and 7044th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Shaoyang

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	Havana	Shaoyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.41	$2.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$20.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$4.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.21	$2.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$151
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1018	$521
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$307
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.1	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$47.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.8	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	3.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$396	$3334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$2970
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$3.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.28	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$13.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$1.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.94	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.79	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$32.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.85	$5.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$23.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.9	$5.16
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$70.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$81.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$340
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10030	$11393

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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 Shaoyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Lengshuijiang	$536
54 km or 34 mi	Lianyuan	$553
76 km or 47 mi	Loudi	$579
89 km or 55 mi	Yongzhou	$609
117 km or 73 mi	Hengyang	$590
151 km or 94 mi	Hongjiang	$543
153 km or 95 mi	Huaihua	$579
158 km or 98 mi	Xiangtan	$582
160 km or 99 mi	Ningxiang	$570
171 km or 107 mi	Yiyang	$586
178 km or 111 mi	Zhuzhou	$575
182 km or 113 mi	Changsha	$577
201 km or 125 mi	Changde	$480
205 km or 127 mi	Liling	$563
209 km or 130 mi	Jishou	$539
223 km or 138 mi	Chenzhou	$724
231 km or 143 mi	Zhangjiajie	$552
232 km or 144 mi	Tongren	$573
239 km or 148 mi	Pingxiang	$577
250 km or 155 mi	Guilin	$522
269 km or 167 mi	Jinshi	$533
286 km or 178 mi	Yueyang	$596
287 km or 179 mi	Lianzhou	$755
290 km or 180 mi	Shishou	$549
294 km or 183 mi	Yichun	$590
314 km or 195 mi	Hezhou	$758
315 km or 196 mi	Linxiang	$569
328 km or 204 mi	Songzi	$556
344 km or 214 mi	Shaoguan	$818
346 km or 215 mi	Xinyu	$564
346 km or 215 mi	Honghu	$589
347 km or 216 mi	Ji'an	$600
350 km or 217 mi	Yidu	$561
351 km or 218 mi	Jingzhou	$591
362 km or 225 mi	Chibi	$591
378 km or 235 mi	Ganzhou	$761
385 km or 239 mi	Liuzhou	$579
386 km or 240 mi	Yichang	$602
391 km or 243 mi	Enshi	$575
397 km or 246 mi	Xiantao	$600