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Tempio Voltiano on the lakeshore, Como
ComoTempio Voltiano on the lakeshore
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Como by Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Como 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 Como for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Havana for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • 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. Como 36, Havana 64: Havana leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Como 45, Havana 40: Como leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Como 52, Havana 77: Havana leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Como 22, Havana 60: Havana leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Como 82, Havana 34: Como leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Como 87, Havana 38: Como leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Como 47, Havana 34: Como leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Como 66, Havana 38: Como leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Como 42, Havana 30: Como leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Como 30, Havana 58: Havana leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Como 34, Havana 74: Havana leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Como 44, Havana 22: Como leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Como and Havana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Como
49match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Havana
47match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Como in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
158 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Como: 1991-2020 normals, Lugano (23 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureComoHavana
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCFL230 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
Elevation201 m59 m
Main airportMilan Malpensa International Airport (MXP)34 km from centre208 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureComoHavana
City population83,1842,492,618
People per km²2,2423,423
Museums within 10 km1112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km81
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.