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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Main Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside, Park City
Park CityMain Street in winter, with snow on the mountainside

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Park City by Quang Vuong, Pexels License.

Havana or Park City?

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

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • prices

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

Choose Park City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Park City’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, Park City 8: Havana leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Havana and Park City are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Park City 18: Havana leads by 59 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Park City 25: Havana leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Park City 92: Park City leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Park City 40: Park City leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Park City 68: Park City leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Park City 60: Park City leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Park City 35: Park City leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Park City 12: Havana leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Park City 28: Havana leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Park City 52: Park City leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Park City.

Your match

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

Havana
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Park City
40match

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

Park City in July

28 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
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.

Park City's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Evanston.

Park City 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). Park City: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Evanston (78.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaPark City
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105911
Elevation59 m2,134 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)43 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaPark City
City population2,492,6188,396
People per km²3,423185
Museums within 10 km121
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.