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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

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

Bariloche 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 Bariloche for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Bariloche’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. Bariloche 27, Havana 64: Havana leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Havana 40: Bariloche leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Havana 77: Havana leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Havana 60: Havana leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Havana 34: Bariloche leads by 60 points.
Day trips. Bariloche and Havana are level on 38.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Havana 34: Bariloche leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Havana 38: Bariloche leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Havana 30: Bariloche leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Havana 58: Havana leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Havana 74: Havana leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Havana 22: Bariloche leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Havana.

Your match

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

Bariloche
42match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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.

Bariloche in July

8 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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

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. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheHavana
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number117 or 911Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation794 m59 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheHavana
City population136,3812,492,618
People per km²6193,423
Museums within 10 km312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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.