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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Havana or Mostar?

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
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mostar for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mostar’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, Mostar 24: Havana leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Havana and Mostar are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Mostar 54: Havana leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Mostar 25: Havana leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Mostar 64: Mostar leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Mostar 60: Mostar leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Havana and Mostar are level on 34.
Getting around. Havana 38, Mostar 44: Mostar leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Mostar 32: Mostar leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Mostar 16: Havana leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Mostar 20: Havana leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Mostar.

Your match

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

Havana
Best match
47match

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

Mostar
41match

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

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaMostar
Official languageSpanishCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m60 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaMostar
City population2,492,618105,448
People per km²3,42390
Museums within 10 km123
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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.