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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Havana for

  • live music and the arts
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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. Bilbao 45, Havana 64: Havana leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Havana 40: Bilbao leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Havana 77: Havana leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Havana 60: Havana leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Havana 34: Bilbao leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Havana 38: Bilbao leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Havana 34: Bilbao leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Havana 38: Bilbao leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Havana 30: Bilbao leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Havana 58: Havana leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Havana 74: Havana leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Havana 22: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Havana.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
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

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. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoHavana
Official languageSpanishSpanish
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
Elevation19 m59 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoHavana
City population351,1242,492,618
People per km²8,4403,423
Museums within 10 km1712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 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). 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. 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.