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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Havana or Kathmandu?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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, Kathmandu 4: Havana leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Kathmandu 36: Havana leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Kathmandu 70: Kathmandu leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Kathmandu 56: Kathmandu leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Kathmandu 20: Havana leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Kathmandu 25: Havana leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Kathmandu 28: Havana leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Kathmandu 45: Kathmandu leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Kathmandu.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Havana
47match

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

Kathmandu
48match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaKathmandu
Official languageSpanishNepali
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5:45
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation59 m1,300 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaKathmandu
City population2,492,618845,767
People per km²3,42317,121
Museums within 10 km129
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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.