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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Florence 14, Havana 64: Havana leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Havana 40: Florence leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Havana 77: Florence leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Havana 60: Havana leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Havana 34: Florence leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Havana 38: Florence leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Havana 34: Florence leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Havana 38: Florence leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Havana 30: Florence leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Havana 58: Havana leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Havana 74: Havana leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Havana 22: Florence leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence and Havana.

Your match

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

Florence
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 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

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

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. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceHavana
Official languageItalianSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCFL230 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
Elevation50 m59 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceHavana
City population360,9302,492,618
People per km²3,5283,423
Museums within 10 km14112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.