What things cost in Cuba

Typical prices in US dollar (USD), averaged across the country by Numbeo and read on 19 August 2026. Tick Convert prices above the table to see every amount in your own currency.

These are country-wide averages, not a price list: tourist districts, airports and islands sit well above them, and small towns below. The salary line is there for proportion - it is what people living here actually earn.

Why that last line is in pesos. 6 930 pesos a month is what Cuba's national statistics office reports for the state civil sector in 2025. The dollar figure beside it applies the Banco Central de Cuba rate for 24 August 2026, 638 CUP to the dollar. It is written in pesos first on purpose: the central bank publishes its rates in more than one segment, so what a Cuban wage is "worth" in dollars depends on which rate you apply, and a number quoted only in dollars hides that entirely. The prices above come from a different source and were not converted at that rate, so do not read the two columns as one calculation - the salary is a sourced statistic, the prices are crowd-sourced averages, and only the first has an exchange rate attached to it.