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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Havana or Valletta?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Valletta for

  • day trips
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Valletta 55: Valletta leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Valletta 76: Havana leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Valletta 46: Havana leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Valletta 56: Valletta leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Valletta 50: Havana leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Valletta 44: Havana leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Valletta 32: Valletta leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Valletta.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife with your weighting.

Valletta
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and families 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaValletta
Official languageSpanishEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m56 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaValletta
City population2,492,6185,197
People per km²3,4236,496
Museums within 10 km1216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

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. 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.