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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Havana or Puerto Iguazu?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Havana leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Puerto Iguazu 28: Havana leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Puerto Iguazu 9: Havana leads by 68 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Puerto Iguazu 14: Havana leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 61 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Puerto Iguazu 33: Havana leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Puerto Iguazu 17: Havana leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Puerto Iguazu 48: Havana leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Puerto Iguazu 7: Havana leads by 67 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Puerto Iguazu 34: Puerto Iguazu leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Puerto Iguazu.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 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). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaPuerto Iguazu
Official languageSpanishSpanish
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105117 or 911
Elevation59 m162 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaPuerto Iguazu
City population2,492,61854,903
People per km²3,423-
Museums within 10 km120
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.