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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Havana or Tromso?

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 Tromso for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Havana leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Tromso 36: Havana leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Tromso 27: Havana leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Tromso 38: Havana leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Tromso 14: Havana leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Tromso 45: Tromso leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Tromso 15: Havana leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Tromso 11: Havana leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Tromso 32: Havana leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Tromso.

Your match

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

Havana
Best match
47match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 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). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaTromso
Official languageSpanishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
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 105Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation59 m20 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaTromso
City population2,492,61879,943
People per km²3,42332
Museums within 10 km128
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. 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.