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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The cathedral facade, Siena
SienaThe cathedral facade

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Siena by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Havana or Siena?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Siena for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Siena’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, Siena 14: Havana leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Siena 62: Siena leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Siena 78: Siena leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Siena 27: Havana leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Siena 65: Siena leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Siena 94: Siena leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Siena 38: Siena leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Siena 60: Siena leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Siena 35: Siena leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Siena 42: Havana leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Siena 36: Havana leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Siena 55: Siena leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Siena.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Siena
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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

Siena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
27 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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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.

Siena's temperatures are measured 45 km from the centre, at Arezzo.

Siena 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). Siena: 2006-2017 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Arezzo (45 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaSiena
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m322 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)55 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaSiena
City population2,492,61852,812
People per km²3,423446
Museums within 10 km1230
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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.