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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal, Venice
VeniceThe Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Venice by David Vives, Pexels License.

Havana or Venice?

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

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Venice for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Venice’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, Venice 56: Havana leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Venice 60: Venice leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Venice 94: Venice leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Venice 27: Havana leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Venice 45: Venice leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Venice 86: Venice leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Venice 45: Venice leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Venice 68: Venice leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Venice 57: Venice leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Venice 20: Havana leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Venice 62: Havana leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Venice 40: Venice leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Venice.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Venice
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips 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

Venice in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
61 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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.

Venice 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.

Venice's sunshine is measured 26 km from the centre, at Treviso / S. Angelo.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). Venice: 1991-2020 normals, Venezia / Tessera (6.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaVenice
Official languageSpanishItalian
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m2 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsVenice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)7 km from centre103 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaVenice
City population2,492,618250,369
People per km²3,423602
Museums within 10 km1252
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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.