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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Budapest 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 Budapest for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Havana for

  • 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. Budapest 25, Havana 64: Havana leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Havana 40: Budapest leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Havana 77: Budapest leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Havana 60: Budapest leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Havana 34: Budapest leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Havana 38: Budapest leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Havana 34: Budapest leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Havana 38: Budapest leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Havana 30: Budapest leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Havana 58: Budapest leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Havana 74: Budapest leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Havana 22: Budapest leads by 76 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Havana.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 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. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestHavana
Official languageHungarianSpanish
CurrencyForint (HUF)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
Elevation117 m59 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestHavana
City population1,675,7772,492,618
People per km²3,1913,423
Museums within 10 km8112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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. 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.

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.