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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Havana or Seattle?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Seattle for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Havana leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Seattle 50: Havana leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Seattle 55: Havana leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Seattle 60: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Seattle 52: Seattle leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Seattle 22: Havana leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Seattle 70: Havana leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Seattle 40: Seattle leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Seattle.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Seattle
Best match
54match

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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
12 °Csea
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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaSeattle
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105911
Elevation59 m40 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaSeattle
City population2,492,618737,015
People per km²3,4231,996
Museums within 10 km1227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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. 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.