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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Havana for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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. Alta, Utah 3, Havana 64: Havana leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Havana 40: Havana leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Havana 77: Havana leads by 72 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Havana 60: Havana leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Havana 34: Alta, Utah leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Havana 38: Alta, Utah leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Havana 34: Havana leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Havana 38: Havana leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Havana 30: Havana leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Havana 58: Havana leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Havana 74: Havana leads by 71 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Havana 22: Alta, Utah leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Havana.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Havana
Best match
47match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Havana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
118 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahHavana

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

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. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahHavana
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation2,610 m59 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahHavana
City population2282,492,618
People per km²193,423
Museums within 10 km012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.