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A dhow below the towers of West Bay, Doha
DohaA dhow below the towers of West Bay
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Doha by Gregory Hawken Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Doha 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 Doha for

  • shopping
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Havana for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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. Doha 45, Havana 64: Havana leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Doha 55, Havana 40: Doha leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Doha 55, Havana 77: Havana leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Doha 20, Havana 60: Havana leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Doha 7, Havana 34: Havana leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Doha 5, Havana 38: Havana leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Doha 60, Havana 34: Doha leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Doha 45, Havana 38: Doha leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Doha 60, Havana 30: Doha leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Doha 38, Havana 58: Havana leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Doha 30, Havana 74: Havana leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Doha 38, Havana 22: Doha leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Doha and Havana.

Your match

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

Doha
38match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

Havana
Best match
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.

Doha in July

43 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
33 °Csea
14 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. Doha: 1991-2020 normals, Doha International Airport (5.5 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDohaHavana
Official languageArabicSpanish
CurrencyQatari Rial (QAR)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number999Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation0 m59 m
Main airportHamad International Airport (DOH)8 km from centre195 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDohaHavana
City population1,186,0232,492,618
People per km²8,9853,423
Museums within 10 km612
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months12 months

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.