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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Havana or Taipei?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Taipei for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Havana leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Taipei 68: Havana leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Taipei 58: Havana leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Taipei 78: Taipei leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Taipei 55: Havana leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 58 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Taipei.

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.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on wellness and food and drink 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

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 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.

Taipei 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). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaTaipei
Official languageSpanishTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105110 or 112 or 119
Elevation59 m10 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaTaipei
City population2,492,6182,429,429
People per km²3,4238,938
Museums within 10 km1269
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. 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.