Photo: RenaatPeeters · CC BY SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cuba
Spanish · CUP · Cuba Standard Time · Updated
How it scores for living there
- 50%Income taxRated 1 of 5 for living there, bad
- AppliesCapital gainsRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 2MbpsInternetRated 1 of 5 for living there, bad
- 9.54Doctors /1,000Rated 5 of 5 for living there, ideal
- 9PM2.5 ug/m3Rated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 4.5Homicide /100kRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 78.3Life expectancyRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 70%People onlineRated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
- 41Corruption indexRated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
- 8of 12Mild monthsRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
Facts, not judgements
- UTC-5Time zone
- CUPCurrency
- SpanishLanguage
- A, B, C, LPower plug
- 4.3mVisitors in 2019
Colour says whether a figure is good for someone moving in, not whether it is high: cheap is green and expensive is red. Every coloured box carries the reason for its colour, the bar under it repeats the score as a width, and boxes with no data are not drawn.
Nomads in Cuba
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Who can help you in Cuba
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Climate and cost by city
Sea off Havana: warmest August at 30°C, coolest February at 26°C.
Average monthly temperature and rainfall from Open-Meteo ERA5 (2019-2023 mean, CC BY 4.0). Sea surface temperature from Open-Meteo Marine. Price level from the World Bank ICP survey, same-year pairing, omitted where the survey does not cover the country.
Cost of living and lifestyle
We do not publish a price level for Cuba: the World Bank price survey does not cover it, and we will not estimate one.
That percentage is measured against your country, not against ours. It follows the country picker in the header, or your account if you are signed in. With neither, it falls back to the United States, which is the 100 of the World Bank index, and the sentence says so.
World Bank ICP price level (US=100) and GNI per capita PPP, CC BY 4.0. It is a national average: a capital runs above it and a small town below it.
Getting to Cuba
Its main airport has non-stop service to 31 airports in the OpenFlights route database.
| From | Routing | Flight time | Cheapest fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | Non-stop | 1h 16m | €401 |
| Madrid | Non-stop | 10h 15m | €803 |
| Milano | Non-stop | 14h 00m | €953 |
Airports and non-stop routes from OpenFlights (Open Database License). Fares and flight times are cached one-way economy prices from Travelpayouts, the cheapest seen recently rather than a live quote or an average. They move; treat them as an order of magnitude.
What to see in Cuba
Ordered by how many people looked each place up over the last twelve months, so the list is measured interest and not our taste.
bay
Guantánamo Bay
15,426 readers a month look it up
island
Ernst Thälmann Island
3,792 readers a month look it up
preserved watercraft
Granma
3,599 readers a month look it up
mountain range
Sierra Maestra
2,968 readers a month look it up
museum
Finca Vigía
1,382 readers a month look it up
mountain
Pico Turquino
1,325 readers a month look it up
museum
Museum of the Revolution
1,123 readers a month look it up
fort
Castillo de la Real Fuerza
937 readers a month look it up
Photo credits
- Guantánamo Bay: Lithiumpilz, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ernst Thälmann Island: Koard, Peter, CC BY SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons
- Granma: Catskingloves, CC BY SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sierra Maestra: Christian Pirkl, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Finca Vigía: InZweiZeiten, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pico Turquino: Oliver Rühl at de.wikipedia, PUBLIC DOMAIN, via Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of the Revolution: Paul Mannix, CC BY SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Castillo de la Real Fuerza: LBM1948, CC BY SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The practical basics
- Local time…Cuba Standard Time, America/Havana
- CurrencyCUPISO 4217
- LanguagesSpanish
- PlugsA, B, C, L110/190 V 60 Hz
- UK travel adviceAdvises against travelFCDO, reviewed 2026-07-16
- Population10.9mWorld Bank
Currency codes ISO 4217; plugs and voltage from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); time zone and flag from the countries-states-cities database (ODbL 1.0); travel advice from the UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3).
How many people visit
Cuba logged 1.1 million international arrivals in 2020, the last year the World Bank series covers. That is a pandemic year and it is not what a normal year looks like: in 2019 the same series counted 4.3 million.
World Bank indicator ST.INT.ARVL, international tourism arrivals, CC BY 4.0. Arrivals count trips, not people: the same visitor twice in a year counts twice.
Tax in Cuba, in one line
Personal income tax runs up to 50 per cent. Capital gains: Generally taxed as ordinary income; verify locally.
Tax figures are compiled by us and are being re-verified against primary sources. General information, not tax advice.
Data: World Bank, Open-Meteo, M-Lab, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, under open licences. General information, not tax or legal advice.