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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Bell Rock outside Sedona, Sedona
SedonaBell Rock outside Sedona

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Sedona by dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Havana or Sedona?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Sedona for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Sedona’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, Sedona 16: Havana leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Sedona 33: Havana leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Sedona 20: Havana leads by 57 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Sedona 8: Havana leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Sedona 93: Sedona leads by 59 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Sedona 55: Sedona leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Sedona 42: Sedona leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Sedona 22: Havana leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Sedona 34: Sedona leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Sedona 18: Havana leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Sedona 13: Havana leads by 61 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Sedona 82: Sedona leads by 60 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Sedona.

Your match

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

Havana
Best match
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sedona
36match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Sedona in July

34 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
51 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 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.

Sedona's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Sedona 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). Sedona: 2009-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sedona / West Sedona (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaSedona
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
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105911
Elevation59 m1,319 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)160 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaSedona
City population2,492,6189,684
People per km²3,423195
Museums within 10 km120
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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.