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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Havana or Victoria?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Victoria for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Havana leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Victoria 50: Victoria leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Victoria 42: Havana leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Victoria 30: Havana leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Victoria 54: Victoria leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Victoria 34: Havana leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Victoria 40: Havana leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Victoria.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °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.

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaVictoria
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 m23 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaVictoria
City population2,492,61891,867
People per km²3,4234,711
Museums within 10 km126
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.