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Bodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour, Bodrum
BodrumBodrum Castle and gulets in the harbour
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Bodrum by Serhio Magpie, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Bodrum 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 Bodrum for

  • day trips
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Havana for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Bodrum 80, Havana 64: Bodrum leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Bodrum 60, Havana 40: Bodrum leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Bodrum 45, Havana 77: Havana leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Bodrum 65, Havana 60: Bodrum leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bodrum 60, Havana 34: Bodrum leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Bodrum 72, Havana 38: Bodrum leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Bodrum 66, Havana 34: Bodrum leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Bodrum 42, Havana 38: Bodrum leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Bodrum 45, Havana 30: Bodrum leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Bodrum 38, Havana 58: Havana leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bodrum 32, Havana 74: Havana leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bodrum 52, Havana 22: Bodrum leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bodrum and Havana.

Your match

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

Bodrum
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bodrum in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
24 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Havana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
118 mmrain in the month
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

Bodrum's temperatures are measured 43 km from the centre, at Kos Airport.

Bodrum 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. Bodrum: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Kos Airport (42.7 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBodrumHavana
Official languageTurkishSpanish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation10 m59 m
Main airportMilas Bodrum International Airport (BJV)32 km from centre83 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBodrumHavana
City population175,0002,492,618
People per km²3143,423
Museums within 10 km412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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). 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.