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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Havana or The Hague?

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
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose The Hague for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Havana leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, The Hague 48: The Hague leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, The Hague 66: Havana leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, The Hague 38: Havana leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, The Hague 52: The Hague leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, The Hague 35: Havana leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, The Hague 58: Havana leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and The Hague.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

The Hague
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 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.

The Hague 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.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaThe Hague
Official languageSpanishDutch
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Euro (EUR)
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 m1 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaThe Hague
City population2,492,618548,320
People per km²3,4235,589
Museums within 10 km1254
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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