Havana vs Zapopan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Havana	Zapopan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$918	$1162
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2272	$2700
🏠 One person rent	$375	$534
🏘️ Family rent	$620	$865
🍽️ Food expenses	$346	$400
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.9	$145
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$488	$1020
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	17 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	47	49
😀 Quality of life	68	64
🏙️ Population	2.49M	1.48M

The cost of living in Havana is 21% less expensive than in Zapopan. Cities ranked 6118th and 4791st ($918 vs $1162) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 24th and 14th in Cuba and Mexico, respectively. Check Cuba vs Mexico comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Havana compared to 0.9 months in Zapopan. Havana ranked 1st best city to live in Cuba vs Zapopan ranked 3rd in Mexico, while ranked 4455th and 5343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Havana vs Zapopan

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	Havana	Zapopan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.37	$10.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$27.5	$38.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.01	$8.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.99	$2.18
☕ Cappuccino	$1.01	$3.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.07	$1.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$225	$669
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$292	$367
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$409	$1083
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.7	$76
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.9	$30.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.12%	10.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$5652
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$509	$506
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.24	$0.51
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.6	$23.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.81	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$2.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.13	$2.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.76	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.47	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.34	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.99	$2.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.98	$1.68
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.22	$2.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.82
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.19	$0.76
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$5.97	$2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.04	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.54	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.01	$4.62
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$10.4	$5.74
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.87	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.51	$1.72
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.7	$40.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$0.99	$5.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$63.4	$39.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.4	$7.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.8	$45.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.5	$79
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$112	$219
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8426	$5862

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Cities near Havana

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Guines	$1064
55 km or 34 mi	Artemisa	$1014
81 km or 50 mi	Matanzas	$1164
119 km or 74 mi	Cardenas	$1157
156 km or 97 mi	Colon	$1114
157 km or 97 mi	Pinar del Rio	$1057
169 km or 105 mi	Key West	$3002
226 km or 140 mi	Cienfuegos	$855
237 km or 147 mi	Sagua La Grande	$1146
260 km or 161 mi	Santa Clara	$1154
292 km or 181 mi	Placetas	$1097
322 km or 200 mi	Homestead	$3343
328 km or 204 mi	Sancti Spiritus	$1221
337 km or 210 mi	Richmond West	$2905
340 km or 211 mi	Cutler Bay	$2885
345 km or 215 mi	Palmetto Bay	$2818
345 km or 215 mi	Kendall West	$2774
358 km or 222 mi	Sweetwater	$2649
359 km or 223 mi	Coral Gables	$2846
360 km or 224 mi	Doral	$2622
362 km or 225 mi	Bonita Springs	$2545
366 km or 227 mi	Miami	$3178
366 km or 228 mi	Hialeah Gardens	$2543
368 km or 229 mi	Hialeah	$2471
371 km or 230 mi	Estero	$2548
371 km or 230 mi	Miami Lakes	$2588
373 km or 232 mi	Miami Beach	$2839
377 km or 234 mi	Miami Gardens	$2705
377 km or 234 mi	North Miami	$2726
379 km or 236 mi	Miramar	$2788
381 km or 237 mi	Pembroke Pines	$2977
381 km or 237 mi	North Miami Beach	$2773
385 km or 239 mi	Sunny Isles Beach	$2813
385 km or 239 mi	Cooper	$2795
386 km or 240 mi	Weston	$2598
387 km or 240 mi	Aventura	$2794
388 km or 241 mi	Hallandale Beach	$2845
389 km or 242 mi	Davie	$2741
389 km or 242 mi	Hollywood	$3076
391 km or 243 mi	Fort Myers	$2854

Cities near Zapopan

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Guadalajara	$1120
11 km or 6.9 mi	Tlaquepaque	$728
99 km or 61 mi	La Barca	$913
113 km or 70 mi	Ciudad Guzman	$856
142 km or 88 mi	Zamora	$929
147 km or 91 mi	Autlan	$1058
163 km or 101 mi	San Francisco del Rincon	$843
167 km or 104 mi	Lagos de Moreno	$953
168 km or 104 mi	Colima	$749
172 km or 107 mi	Aguascalientes	$1006
179 km or 111 mi	Tepic	$717
183 km or 114 mi	Leon	$815
192 km or 119 mi	Puerto Vallarta	$1296
195 km or 121 mi	Zacapu	$1030
200 km or 124 mi	Uruapan	$873
206 km or 128 mi	Silao	$832
208 km or 129 mi	Tecoman	$858
209 km or 130 mi	Manzanillo	$901
212 km or 131 mi	Apatzingan	$861
213 km or 132 mi	Irapuato	$860
214 km or 133 mi	Sayulita	$1108
224 km or 139 mi	Guanajuato	$753
229 km or 142 mi	Salamanca	$896
243 km or 151 mi	Yuriria	$894
243 km or 151 mi	Zacatecas	$615
254 km or 158 mi	Cortazar	$846
256 km or 159 mi	Morelia	$873
269 km or 167 mi	Celaya	$764
276 km or 172 mi	San Miguel de Allende	$1491
278 km or 173 mi	Fresnillo	$803
296 km or 184 mi	San Luis Potosi	$941
313 km or 194 mi	Queretaro	$1184
332 km or 206 mi	Lazaro Cardenas	$872
354 km or 220 mi	Rioverde	$943
355 km or 221 mi	San Juan del Rio	$981
370 km or 230 mi	San Jose Villa de Allende	$905
389 km or 242 mi	Durango	$687
394 km or 245 mi	Zihuatanejo	$857
419 km or 260 mi	Mazatlan	$1166
422 km or 262 mi	Toluca	$926