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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Havana or Toronto?

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
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Toronto for

  • families
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Havana leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Toronto 50: Havana leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Toronto 52: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Toronto 34: Havana leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Toronto 72: Havana leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Toronto 33: Toronto leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Toronto.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Toronto
Best match
55match

Wins on families and shopping 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaToronto
Official languageSpanishFrench, English
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
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 m76 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaToronto
City population2,492,6182,794,356
People per km²3,4234,434
Museums within 10 km1232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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. 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.