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The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Cordoba 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 Cordoba for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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. Cordoba 14, Havana 64: Havana leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Cordoba 62, Havana 40: Cordoba leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Cordoba 81, Havana 77: Cordoba leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cordoba 40, Havana 60: Havana leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cordoba 45, Havana 34: Cordoba leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Cordoba 86, Havana 38: Cordoba leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Cordoba 40, Havana 34: Cordoba leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Cordoba 68, Havana 38: Cordoba leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cordoba 38, Havana 30: Cordoba leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cordoba 63, Havana 58: Cordoba leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cordoba 47, Havana 74: Havana leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cordoba 40, Havana 22: Cordoba leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cordoba and Havana.

Your match

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

Cordoba
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Havana
47match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 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. Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCordobaHavana
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
Elevation120 m59 m
Main airportCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCordobaHavana
City population323,2622,492,618
People per km²2583,423
Museums within 10 km1612
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.