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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Havana or Jerusalem?

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

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Jerusalem for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Jerusalem’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, Jerusalem 40: Havana leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Jerusalem 66: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Jerusalem 92: Jerusalem leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Jerusalem 38: Havana leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Jerusalem 60: Jerusalem leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Jerusalem 80: Jerusalem leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Jerusalem 52: Jerusalem leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Jerusalem 55: Jerusalem leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Jerusalem 48: Jerusalem leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Jerusalem 20: Havana leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Jerusalem 40: Havana leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Jerusalem 42: Jerusalem leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Jerusalem.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

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

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and food and drink 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

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
27 °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.

Jerusalem 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). Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaJerusalem
Official languageSpanishHebrew
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105Police 100, fire 102
Elevation59 m754 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaJerusalem
City population2,492,6181,050,151
People per km²3,4238,374
Museums within 10 km1269
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months7 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.