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Pulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon, Bath
BathPulteney Bridge and the weir on the Avon
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Bath by Lucas Carlini, Pexels License; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Bath 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 Bath for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

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. Bath 10, Havana 64: Havana leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Bath 44, Havana 40: Bath leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Bath 68, Havana 77: Havana leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Bath 30, Havana 60: Havana leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bath 58, Havana 34: Bath leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Bath 80, Havana 38: Bath leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Bath 50, Havana 34: Bath leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Bath 72, Havana 38: Bath leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Bath 54, Havana 30: Bath leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Bath 27, Havana 58: Havana leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bath 44, Havana 74: Havana leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bath 78, Havana 22: Bath leads by 56 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bath and Havana.

Your match

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

Bath
Best match
51match

Wins on wellness and day trips 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.

Bath in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
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

Bath's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Bath 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. Bath: 1991-2020 normals, Lyneham (29.2 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBathHavana
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation132 m59 m
Main airportBristol Airport (BRS)25 km from centre117 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBathHavana
City population94,0922,492,618
People per km²3,2453,423
Museums within 10 km1712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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. 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.