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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Havana or Singapore?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Singapore for

  • families
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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, Singapore 40: Havana leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Singapore 62: Havana leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Singapore 50: Havana leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Singapore 45: Singapore leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Singapore 25: Havana leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 54 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Singapore 25: Havana leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Singapore 50: Havana leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Singapore.

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.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on families and getting around 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
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 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). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaSingapore
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation59 m21 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaSingapore
City population2,492,6185,866,139
People per km²3,4238,158
Museums within 10 km1240
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.