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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Ross Castle on Lough Leane, Killarney
KillarneyRoss Castle on Lough Leane

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Killarney by NicholasH, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Havana or Killarney?

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

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

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

Choose Killarney for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Killarney’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, Killarney 22: Havana leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Killarney 33: Havana leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Killarney 28: Havana leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Killarney 32: Havana leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Killarney 82: Killarney leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Killarney 58: Killarney leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Killarney 42: Killarney leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Killarney 47: Killarney leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Killarney 22: Havana leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Killarney 35: Havana leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Killarney 35: Havana leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Killarney 42: Killarney leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Killarney.

Your match

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

Havana
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Killarney
40match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

Killarney in July

18 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
88 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
16 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.

Killarney's temperatures are measured 53 km from the centre, at Valentia Observatory.

Killarney 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). Killarney: 1991-2020 normals, Valentia Observatory (52.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaKillarney
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Irish
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m50 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsKerry Airport (KIR)14 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaKillarney
City population2,492,61814,412
People per km²3,423-
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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. 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.