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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The old railway depot in the snow, Steamboat Springs
Steamboat SpringsThe old railway depot in the snow

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Steamboat Springs by Jeffrey Beall, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Havana or Steamboat Springs?

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

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

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

Choose Steamboat Springs for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Steamboat Springs’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, Steamboat Springs 7: Havana leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Steamboat Springs 30: Havana leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Steamboat Springs 14: Havana leads by 63 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Steamboat Springs 20: Havana leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Steamboat Springs 88: Steamboat Springs leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Steamboat Springs 12: Havana leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Steamboat Springs 62: Steamboat Springs leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Steamboat Springs 46: Steamboat Springs leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Steamboat Springs 22: Havana leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Steamboat Springs 17: Havana leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Steamboat Springs 28: Havana leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Steamboat Springs 70: Steamboat Springs leads by 48 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Steamboat Springs.

Your match

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

Havana
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Steamboat Springs
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Steamboat Springs in July

28 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
31 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.

Steamboat Springs 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). Steamboat Springs: 2011-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Steamboat Springs / Steamboat Ii (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaSteamboat Springs
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, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105911
Elevation59 m2,052 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsYampa Valley Airport (HDN)33 km from centre17 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaSteamboat Springs
City population2,492,61813,224
People per km²3,423503
Museums within 10 km120
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.