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Amalfi and its harbour below the cliff, Amalfi
AmalfiAmalfi and its harbour below the cliff
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Amalfi by Oleksandra Zelena, Pexels License; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Amalfi 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 Amalfi for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Havana for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • 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. Amalfi and Havana are level on 64.
Food & drink. Amalfi 48, Havana 40: Amalfi leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Amalfi 36, Havana 77: Havana leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Amalfi 12, Havana 60: Havana leads by 48 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amalfi 82, Havana 34: Amalfi leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Amalfi 88, Havana 38: Amalfi leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Amalfi 28, Havana 34: Havana leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Amalfi 48, Havana 38: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Amalfi 34, Havana 30: Amalfi leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Amalfi 18, Havana 58: Havana leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amalfi 22, Havana 74: Havana leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amalfi 32, Havana 22: Amalfi leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amalfi and Havana.

Your match

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

Amalfi
43match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Havana
Best match
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Amalfi in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
28 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

Amalfi's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Amalfi 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.

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. Amalfi: 1991-2020 normals, Grazzanise (64.7 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmalfiHavana
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCFL230 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
Elevation6 m59 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)38 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmalfiHavana
City population4,7292,492,618
People per km²8303,423
Museums within 10 km812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.