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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens, Marrakech
MarrakechThe Koutoubia Mosque from its gardens

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Marrakech by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Havana or Marrakech?

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 Marrakech for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Marrakech’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, Marrakech 7: Havana leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Marrakech 64: Marrakech leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Marrakech 76: Havana leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Marrakech 33: Havana leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Marrakech 70: Marrakech leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Marrakech 28: Havana leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Marrakech 25: Havana leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Havana and Marrakech are level on 38.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Marrakech 72: Marrakech leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Marrakech 25: Havana leads by 49 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Marrakech 75: Marrakech leads by 53 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Marrakech.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Havana
47match

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

Marrakech
49match

Wins on wellness 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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Marrakech in July

38 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
11 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). Marrakech: 1991-2020 normals, Marrakech (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaMarrakech
Official languageSpanishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation59 m465 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMarrakesh Menara Airport (RAK)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaMarrakech
City population2,492,6181,002,697
People per km²3,4234,360
Museums within 10 km1214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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.