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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Stortorget in Gamla stan, Stockholm
StockholmStortorget in Gamla stan

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Stockholm by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Havana or Stockholm?

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 Stockholm for

  • families
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Stockholm’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, Stockholm 40: Havana leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Stockholm 64: Stockholm leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Havana and Stockholm are level on 77.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Stockholm 57: Havana leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Stockholm 72: Stockholm leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Stockholm 68: Stockholm leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Stockholm 82: Stockholm leads by 48 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Stockholm 84: Stockholm leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Stockholm 70: Stockholm leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Stockholm 30: Havana leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Stockholm 65: Havana leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Stockholm 56: Stockholm leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Stockholm.

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.

Stockholm
Best match
64match

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

Stockholm in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
65 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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.

Stockholm 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.

Stockholm's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Stockholm Observatoriet.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). Stockholm: 2003-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Stockholm Bromma Airport (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaStockholm
Official languageSpanishSwedish
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Swedish Krona (SEK)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 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 m22 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsStockholm-Arlanda Airport (ARN)36 km from centre174 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaStockholm
City population2,492,618984,748
People per km²3,4235,260
Museums within 10 km12266
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.