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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Havana or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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
  • prices

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Havana leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Havana leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Havana leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: Havana leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Havana leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

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

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HavanaSt. Petersburg, Florida

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). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105911
Elevation59 m134 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population2,492,618258,308
People per km²3,423725
Museums within 10 km1213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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.