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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Santa Claus Village in winter, Rovaniemi
RovaniemiSanta Claus Village in winter

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Rovaniemi by Moskenes, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Havana or Rovaniemi?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Rovaniemi for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovaniemi’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, Rovaniemi 10: Havana leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Rovaniemi 25: Havana leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Rovaniemi 22: Havana leads by 55 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Rovaniemi 15: Havana leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Rovaniemi 78: Rovaniemi leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Rovaniemi 8: Havana leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Rovaniemi 72: Rovaniemi leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Rovaniemi 36: Havana leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Rovaniemi 18: Havana leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Rovaniemi 18: Havana leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Rovaniemi 22: Havana leads by 52 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Rovaniemi 60: Rovaniemi leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Rovaniemi.

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.

Rovaniemi
32match

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

Rovaniemi in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
No seasea
22 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.

Rovaniemi 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). Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaRovaniemi
Official languageSpanishFinnish, Swedish
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m88 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsRovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaRovaniemi
City population2,492,61865,329
People per km²3,4239
Museums within 10 km126
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.