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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Havana or Hurghada?

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

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

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Hurghada 34: Havana leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Hurghada 14: Havana leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Hurghada 40: Havana leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Hurghada 72: Hurghada leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Hurghada 30: Havana leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Hurghada 22: Havana leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Hurghada 24: Havana leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Hurghada 10: Havana leads by 64 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Havana
Best match
47match

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

Hurghada
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
28 °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). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaHurghada
Official languageSpanishArabic
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation59 m11 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaHurghada
City population2,492,618214,247
People per km²3,423-
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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. 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.