Havana vs Shijiazhuang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Havana	Shijiazhuang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$926	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2500	$1355
🏠 One person rent	$373	$170
🏘️ Family rent	$803	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$352	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$90.6	$64.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$53.9	$602
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	47	71
😀 Quality of life	53	61
🏙️ Population	2.49M	10.6M

The cost of living in Havana is 93% more expensive than in Shijiazhuang. Cities ranked 5902nd and 8748th ($926 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 525th 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 1.3 months in Shijiazhuang. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Shijiazhuang ranked 39th in China, while ranked 6054th and 5094th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Shijiazhuang

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	Havana	Shijiazhuang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.41	$1.66
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$17.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.5	$5.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.01	$0.76
☕ Cappuccino	$1.21	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.21	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$328	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$262	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1018	$380
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$611	$254
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.1	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.8	$6.15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.47%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$396	$2300
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$336	$1619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.9	$12.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.18	$3.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.28	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.39	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.57	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.24	$2.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.84	$9.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$1.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.85	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.82	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.74	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$6.94	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.1	$3.45
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.07	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4	$3.47
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.79	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.49	$0.9
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$40.5	$12.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.85	$5.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$62.6	$32.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$34.9	$4.01
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.9	$45.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.9	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$382
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$10030	$4785

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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 Shijiazhuang

Distance	City	Cost of living
29 km or 18 mi	Gaocheng	$524
37 km or 23 mi	Xinle	$533
46 km or 29 mi	Jinzhou	$544
63 km or 39 mi	Xinji	$564
67 km or 42 mi	Dingzhou	$584
82 km or 51 mi	Anguo	$550
84 km or 52 mi	Yangquan	$553
92 km or 57 mi	Shenzhou	$581
108 km or 67 mi	Nangong	$600
109 km or 67 mi	Xingtai	$612
109 km or 68 mi	Jizhou	$590
109 km or 68 mi	Hengshui	$642
125 km or 78 mi	Baoding	$472
131 km or 82 mi	Shahe	$590
145 km or 90 mi	Hejian	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Wu'an	$587
157 km or 98 mi	Renqiu	$586
159 km or 99 mi	Handan	$610
161 km or 100 mi	Xinzhou	$555
170 km or 105 mi	Linqing	$574
172 km or 107 mi	Dezhou	$638
173 km or 108 mi	Taiyuan	$478
174 km or 108 mi	Yuanping	$550
181 km or 112 mi	Botou	$618
185 km or 115 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
203 km or 126 mi	Bazhou	$649
206 km or 128 mi	Gujiao	$492
206 km or 128 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
206 km or 128 mi	Cangzhou	$679
217 km or 135 mi	Anyang	$578
220 km or 137 mi	Liaocheng	$522
225 km or 140 mi	Yucheng	$577
228 km or 142 mi	Linzhou	$588
231 km or 144 mi	Shuozhou	$600
232 km or 144 mi	Huairen	$624
240 km or 149 mi	Laoling	$638
240 km or 149 mi	Changzhi	$726
249 km or 155 mi	Huanghua	$655
251 km or 156 mi	Datong	$703
251 km or 156 mi	Langfang	$716