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The fountain in Piazza De Ferrari, Genoa
GenoaThe fountain in Piazza De Ferrari
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Genoa by Faber1893, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Genoa 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 Genoa for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Havana for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • 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. Genoa 62, Havana 64: Havana leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Genoa 72, Havana 40: Genoa leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Genoa 76, Havana 77: Havana leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Genoa 42, Havana 60: Havana leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Genoa 78, Havana 34: Genoa leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Genoa 83, Havana 38: Genoa leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Genoa 64, Havana 34: Genoa leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Genoa 66, Havana 38: Genoa leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Genoa 48, Havana 30: Genoa leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Genoa 55, Havana 58: Havana leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Genoa 52, Havana 74: Havana leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Genoa 35, Havana 22: Genoa leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Genoa and Havana.

Your match

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

Genoa
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Havana
47match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Genoa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
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

Genoa 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.

Genoa's sunshine is measured 80 km from the centre, at Capo Mele.

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. Genoa: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (6.7 km from centre). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGenoaHavana
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
Elevation20 m59 m
Main airportGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)7 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureGenoaHavana
City population558,7452,492,618
People per km²2,3253,423
Museums within 10 km5112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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.