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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • 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. Berlin 38, Havana 64: Havana leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Havana 40: Berlin leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Havana 77: Berlin leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Havana 60: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Havana 34: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Havana 38: Berlin leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Havana 34: Berlin leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Havana 38: Berlin leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Havana 30: Berlin leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Havana 58: Havana leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Havana 74: Berlin leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Havana 22: Berlin leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Havana.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on getting around and families 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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 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

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. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinHavana
Official languageGermanSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCF230 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
Elevation34 m59 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinHavana
City population3,700,5772,492,618
People per km²4,1533,423
Museums within 10 km15712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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). 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.