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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Havana or Izmir?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Izmir for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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, Izmir 62: Havana leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Izmir 55: Havana leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Havana and Izmir are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Izmir 55: Izmir leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Izmir 48: Havana leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Izmir.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaIzmir
Official languageSpanishTurkish
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m2 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaIzmir
City population2,492,6184,493,242
People per km²3,4234,760
Museums within 10 km1229
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.