Havana vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Havana	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1024	$958
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2527	$2895
🏠 One person rent	$490	$495
🏘️ Family rent	$860	$1237
🍽️ Food expenses	$351	$274
🚐 Transport expenses	$78.2	$96.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$55.8	$1649
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	47	96
😀 Quality of life	53	79
🏙️ Population	2.49M	17.7M

The cost of living in Havana is 7% more expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 5521st and 5948th ($1024 vs $958) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 13th 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 1.7 months in Shenzhen. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 6030th and 556th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Shenzhen

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	Havana	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.37	$3.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.8	$28.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5	$5.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.27	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.22	$3.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.37	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$713
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$334	$370
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1030	$1800
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$605	$997
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.9	$41.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.2	$63.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$134	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.37%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$395	$13100
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$332	$6892
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.2	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$22.6	$28.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.52	$4.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.27	$2.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$2.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.56	$2.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$12.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$4.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$13.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$1.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$1.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$1.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$1.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.96	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.94	$13.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.05	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.03	$3.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$13.9	$5.44
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.04	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.9	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.43	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.6	$43.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.86	$7.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.1	$33.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.3	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.7	$61.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.2	$79.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$52.5	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13025	$24117

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Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1113
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1076
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1203
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1182
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1108
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1096
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$3014
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$878
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1110
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1053
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1103
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3991
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1210
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$3058
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$3002
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2849
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2808
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2644
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2803
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2612
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2570
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3103
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2551
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2562
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2591
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2578
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2753
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2645
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2671
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2717
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2898
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2659
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2682
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2691
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2608
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2647
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2630
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2623
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$2724
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2942

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2427
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$641
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1590
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$491
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$629
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$830
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$763
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$602
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$1014
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$824
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$801
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$808
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$839
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$895
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$726
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$852
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$691
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$605
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$795
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$592
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$819
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$783
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$780
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$774
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$774
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$813
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$746
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$794
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$713
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$725
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$807
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$671
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$821
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$538
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$618