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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The harbour seen from above, Marmaris
MarmarisThe harbour seen from above

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Marmaris by Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Havana or Marmaris?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Marmaris for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Marmaris’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, Marmaris 80: Marmaris leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Havana and Marmaris are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Marmaris 18: Havana leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Havana and Marmaris are level on 60.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Marmaris 72: Marmaris leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Marmaris 65: Marmaris leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Marmaris 55: Marmaris leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Marmaris 38: Marmaris leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Marmaris 62: Marmaris leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Marmaris 12: Havana leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Marmaris 50: Marmaris leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Marmaris.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Marmaris
Best match
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families 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

Marmaris in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
8 mmrain in the month
25 °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.

Marmaris's temperatures are measured 49 km from the centre, at Dalaman.

Marmaris 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). Marmaris: 2000-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dalaman (48.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaMarmaris
Official languageSpanishTurkish
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+3
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m7 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsDalaman International Airport (DLM)49 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaMarmaris
City population2,492,61897,818
People per km²3,423111
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.