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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License.

Havana or Huntington Beach?

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 Havana for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Huntington Beach for

  • families
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Huntington Beach’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. Havana 64, Huntington Beach 70: Huntington Beach leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Huntington Beach 46: Huntington Beach leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Huntington Beach 14: Havana leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Huntington Beach 38: Havana leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Huntington Beach 58: Huntington Beach leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Huntington Beach 63: Huntington Beach leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Huntington Beach 82: Huntington Beach leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Huntington Beach 20: Havana leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Huntington Beach 42: Huntington Beach leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Huntington Beach 28: Havana leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Huntington Beach 33: Havana leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Huntington Beach 36: Huntington Beach leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Huntington Beach.

Your match

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

Havana
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on families and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Havana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
118 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 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. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaHuntington Beach
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105911
Elevation59 m12 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaHuntington Beach
City population2,492,618198,711
People per km²3,4232,406
Museums within 10 km123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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). 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). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.