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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Havana or Jakarta?

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

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

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Jakarta’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, Jakarta 28: Havana leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Jakarta 48: Havana leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Jakarta 30: Havana leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Jakarta 45: Jakarta leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Jakarta 50: Jakarta leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Jakarta 36: Havana leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Jakarta 42: Havana leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Jakarta
Best match
51match

Wins on food and drink and shopping 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

Jakarta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
12 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). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaJakarta
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+7
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m91 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaJakarta
City population2,492,61811,135,191
People per km²3,42316,821
Museums within 10 km1244
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. 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.