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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Havana or London?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Havana leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, London 84: London leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, London 94: London leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, London 88: London leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, London 57: London leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, London 90: London leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, London 82: London leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, London 85: London leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, London 95: London leads by 65 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, London 15: Havana leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, London 98: London leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, London 40: London leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and London.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaLondon
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Pound Sterling (GBP)
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 or 999
Elevation59 m4 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaLondon
City population2,492,6188,799,728
People per km²3,4235,598
Museums within 10 km12216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
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.