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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Havana or Las Vegas?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Havana leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Las Vegas 25: Havana leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Las Vegas 25: Havana leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Las Vegas 25: Havana leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Havana and Las Vegas are level on 38.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Las Vegas 35: Havana leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Las Vegas 40: Las Vegas leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Las Vegas.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
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). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaLas Vegas
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105911
Elevation59 m610 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaLas Vegas
City population2,492,618641,903
People per km²3,4231,843
Museums within 10 km1221
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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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.