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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Alicante or Havana?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Alicante for

  • day trips
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alicante’s own page.

Choose Havana for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Havana’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Alicante 82, Havana 64: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Havana 40: Alicante leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Havana 77: Havana leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Alicante and Havana are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Havana 34: Alicante leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Havana 38: Alicante leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Havana 34: Alicante leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Havana 38: Alicante leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Havana 30: Alicante leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Havana 58: Alicante leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Havana 74: Havana leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Havana 22: Alicante leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Havana.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Havana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
118 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Havana has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteHavana
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation3 m59 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteHavana
City population366,2212,492,618
People per km²1,8193,423
Museums within 10 km812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.