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The Jet d'Eau and a lake boat, Geneva
GenevaThe Jet d'Eau and a lake boat
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

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

Geneva 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 Geneva for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Havana for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

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. Geneva 45, Havana 64: Havana leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Geneva 55, Havana 40: Geneva leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Geneva 58, Havana 77: Havana leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Geneva 38, Havana 60: Havana leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Geneva 82, Havana 34: Geneva leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Geneva 80, Havana 38: Geneva leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Geneva 57, Havana 34: Geneva leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Geneva 86, Havana 38: Geneva leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Geneva 68, Havana 30: Geneva leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Geneva 5, Havana 58: Havana leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Geneva 60, Havana 74: Havana leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Geneva 55, Havana 22: Geneva leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Geneva and Havana.

Your match

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

Geneva
Best match
57match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Geneva in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
9 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

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. Geneva: 1991-2020 normals, Geneve-Cointrin (5.7 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenevaHavana
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshSpanish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCJ230 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
Elevation403 m59 m
Main airportGeneva International Airport (GVA)5 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenevaHavana
City population211,1522,492,618
People per km²13,2803,423
Museums within 10 km3412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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. 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.

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.