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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Galway 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 Galway for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Havana for

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • prices

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. Galway 28, Havana 64: Havana leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Havana 40: Galway leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Havana 77: Havana leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Havana 60: Havana leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Havana 34: Galway leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Havana 38: Galway leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Havana 34: Galway leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Havana 38: Galway leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Havana 30: Galway leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Havana 58: Havana leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Havana 74: Havana leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Havana 22: Galway leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Havana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Galway
45match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on culture and sights 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.

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
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

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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.

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. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayHavana
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
Elevation25 m59 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayHavana
City population83,4562,492,618
People per km²1,5633,423
Museums within 10 km412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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.