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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Delhi’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. Delhi 4, Havana 64: Havana leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Havana 40: Delhi leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Havana 77: Delhi leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Havana 60: Havana leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Havana 34: Havana leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Havana 38: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Havana 34: Havana leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Havana 38: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Havana 30: Delhi leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Havana 58: Delhi leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Havana 74: Havana leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Havana 22: Delhi leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Havana.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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.

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiHavana
Official languageHindi, EnglishSpanish
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation221 m59 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiHavana
City population26,495,0002,492,618
People per km²18,9623,423
Museums within 10 km2312
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.