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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Avignon 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 Avignon for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • 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. Avignon 22, Havana 64: Havana leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Havana 40: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Havana 77: Havana leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Havana 60: Havana leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Havana 34: Avignon leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Havana 38: Avignon leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Havana 34: Avignon leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Havana 38: Avignon leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Havana 30: Avignon leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Havana 58: Havana leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Havana 74: Havana leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Havana 22: Avignon leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Havana.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches 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.

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

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. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonHavana
Official languageFrenchSpanish
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
Elevation10 m59 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonHavana
City population92,1882,492,618
People per km²1,4203,423
Museums within 10 km1112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61
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.