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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Havana or Ubud?

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

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Havana leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Ubud 58: Havana leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Ubud 15: Havana leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Ubud 10: Havana leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Ubud 47: Havana leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 74 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Ubud.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 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.

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaUbud
Official languageSpanishIndonesian
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m210 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaUbud
City population2,492,618-
People per km²3,423-
Museums within 10 km1214
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. 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.