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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Havana for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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. Dublin 27, Havana 64: Havana leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Havana 40: Dublin leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Havana 77: Havana leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Havana 60: Dublin leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Havana 34: Dublin leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Havana 38: Dublin leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Havana 34: Dublin leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Havana 38: Dublin leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Havana 30: Dublin leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Havana 58: Havana leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Havana 74: Havana leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Havana 22: Dublin leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Havana.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinHavana
Official languageEnglish, IrishSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation20 m59 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinHavana
City population592,7132,492,618
People per km²5,1543,423
Museums within 10 km4012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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. 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.