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Skiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine, Deer Valley
Deer ValleySkiers and chairlifts on the slopes in sunshine
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Deer Valley by Don Ramey Logan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Deer Valley 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 Deer Valley for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Havana for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • 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. Deer Valley 10, Havana 64: Havana leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Deer Valley 38, Havana 40: Havana leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Deer Valley 15, Havana 77: Havana leads by 62 points.
Nightlife. Deer Valley 25, Havana 60: Havana leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Deer Valley 90, Havana 34: Deer Valley leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Deer Valley and Havana are level on 38.
Good for families. Deer Valley 60, Havana 34: Deer Valley leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Deer Valley 50, Havana 38: Deer Valley leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Deer Valley 25, Havana 30: Havana leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Deer Valley 4, Havana 58: Havana leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Deer Valley 30, Havana 74: Havana leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Deer Valley 52, Havana 22: Deer Valley leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Deer Valley and Havana.

Your match

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

Deer Valley
36match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Havana
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Deer Valley in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 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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Deer ValleyHavana

Where the figures come from

Deer Valley's temperatures are measured 82 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Deer Valley's station stands 297 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Deer Valley 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. Deer Valley: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (81.9 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDeer ValleyHavana
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation2,474 m59 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)45 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDeer ValleyHavana
City population-2,492,618
People per km²-3,423
Museums within 10 km012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.