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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • families
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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. Atlanta 10, Havana 64: Havana leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Havana 40: Atlanta leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Havana 77: Havana leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Havana 60: Atlanta leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Havana 34: Atlanta leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Havana 38: Atlanta leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Havana 34: Atlanta leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Havana 38: Havana leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Havana 30: Atlanta leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Havana 58: Havana leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Havana 74: Havana leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Havana 22: Atlanta leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Havana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Atlanta
49match

Wins on families and food and drink with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches 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.

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 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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Where the figures come from

Atlanta 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. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaHavana
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation225 m59 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaHavana
City population498,7152,492,618
People per km²1,4333,423
Museums within 10 km2712
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). 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). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.