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A galleon on the Motława below the old crane, Gdansk
GdanskA galleon on the Motława below the old crane
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Gdansk by Nikater, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Gdansk 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 Gdansk for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Gdansk 40, Havana 64: Havana leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Gdansk 50, Havana 40: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Gdansk 68, Havana 77: Havana leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Gdansk 52, Havana 60: Havana leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gdansk 58, Havana 34: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Gdansk 62, Havana 38: Gdansk leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Gdansk 62, Havana 34: Gdansk leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Gdansk 72, Havana 38: Gdansk leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Gdansk 42, Havana 30: Gdansk leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Gdansk 68, Havana 58: Gdansk leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gdansk 52, Havana 74: Havana leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gdansk 36, Havana 22: Gdansk leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gdansk and Havana.

Your match

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

Gdansk
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and families with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Gdansk in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °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

Gdansk 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.

Gdansk's sunshine is measured 55 km from the centre, at Elblag.

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. Gdansk: 1991-2020 normals, Gdansk-Rebiechowo (12.7 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGdanskHavana
Official languagePolishSpanish
CurrencyZloty (PLN)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCE50 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
Elevation11 m59 m
Main airportGdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN)13 km from centre72 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGdanskHavana
City population487,8342,492,618
People per km²7143,423
Museums within 10 km3412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.

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.