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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Havana or Vancouver?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • beaches

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Havana leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Vancouver 42: Havana leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Vancouver 42: Havana leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 63 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Vancouver 45: Vancouver leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Vancouver 27: Havana leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Vancouver 52: Havana leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaVancouver
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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105911
Elevation59 m2 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaVancouver
City population2,492,618662,248
People per km²3,4235,759
Museums within 10 km1226
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. 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.