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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Havana or Salt Lake 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

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake 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, Salt Lake City 12: Havana leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Havana and Salt Lake City are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Salt Lake City 42: Havana leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Salt Lake City 30: Havana leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Salt Lake City 34: Havana leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Salt Lake City 42: Salt Lake City leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Salt Lake City 36: Salt Lake City leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Salt Lake City 40: Havana leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Salt Lake City 55: Havana leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Salt Lake City 38: Salt Lake City leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Salt Lake City.

Your match

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

Havana
Best match
47match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Salt Lake City
44match

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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 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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HavanaSalt Lake City

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). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaSalt Lake 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 m1,288 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaSalt Lake City
City population2,492,618199,723
People per km²3,423690
Museums within 10 km1212
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.