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Nyhavn, Copenhagen
CopenhagenNyhavn
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Copenhagen by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Copenhagen 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 Copenhagen for

  • families
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Havana for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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. Copenhagen 40, Havana 64: Havana leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Copenhagen 76, Havana 40: Copenhagen leads by 36 points.
Culture & sights. Copenhagen 72, Havana 77: Havana leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Copenhagen and Havana are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Copenhagen 45, Havana 34: Copenhagen leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Copenhagen 72, Havana 38: Copenhagen leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Copenhagen 85, Havana 34: Copenhagen leads by 51 points.
Getting around. Copenhagen 85, Havana 38: Copenhagen leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Copenhagen 70, Havana 30: Copenhagen leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Copenhagen 18, Havana 58: Havana leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Copenhagen 68, Havana 74: Havana leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Copenhagen 55, Havana 22: Copenhagen leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Copenhagen and Havana.

Your match

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

Copenhagen
Best match
62match

Wins on families and getting around with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on prices 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.

Copenhagen in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
17 °Csea
17 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

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. Copenhagen: 1991-2020 normals, Koebenhavn / Landbohoejskolen (2.4 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCopenhagenHavana
Official languageDanishSpanish
CurrencyDanish Krone (DKK)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCEFK230 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
Elevation14 m59 m
Main airportCopenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH)8 km from centre196 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCopenhagenHavana
City population667,0992,492,618
People per km²7,3393,423
Museums within 10 km7212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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.