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The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Frankfurt 8, Havana 64: Havana leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Frankfurt 52, Havana 40: Frankfurt leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Frankfurt 60, Havana 77: Havana leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Frankfurt 52, Havana 60: Havana leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Frankfurt 58, Havana 34: Frankfurt leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Frankfurt 86, Havana 38: Frankfurt leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Frankfurt 62, Havana 34: Frankfurt leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Frankfurt 78, Havana 38: Frankfurt leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Frankfurt 56, Havana 30: Frankfurt leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Frankfurt 38, Havana 58: Havana leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Frankfurt 68, Havana 74: Havana leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Frankfurt 52, Havana 22: Frankfurt leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Frankfurt and Havana.

Your match

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

Frankfurt
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFrankfurtHavana
Official languageGermanSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCF230 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
Elevation101 m59 m
Main airportFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureFrankfurtHavana
City population760,6562,492,618
People per km²3,0633,423
Museums within 10 km5312
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). 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.