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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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. Antwerp 15, Havana 64: Havana leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Havana 40: Antwerp leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Havana 77: Havana leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Havana 60: Havana leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Havana 34: Havana leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Havana 38: Antwerp leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Havana 34: Antwerp leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Havana 38: Antwerp leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Havana 30: Antwerp leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Havana 58: Havana leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Havana 74: Havana leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Havana 22: Antwerp leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Havana.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

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. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpHavana
Official languageFrench, German, DutchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCE230 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
Elevation7 m59 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpHavana
City population529,2472,492,618
People per km²2,5423,423
Museums within 10 km3812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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. 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. 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. 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.