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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Havana or Prague?

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

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

Choose Prague for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Havana leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Prague 50: Prague leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Prague 83: Prague leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Prague 65: Prague leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Prague 58: Prague leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Prague 77: Prague leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Prague 50: Prague leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Prague 83: Prague leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Prague 50: Prague leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Prague 62: Prague leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Prague 76: Prague leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Prague 40: Prague leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Prague.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around 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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 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). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaPrague
Official languageSpanishCzech
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCE230 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 m235 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaPrague
City population2,492,6181,397,880
People per km²3,4232,817
Museums within 10 km1288
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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.