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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Havana or Windhoek?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Havana leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Windhoek 36: Havana leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Windhoek 30: Havana leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Windhoek 25: Havana leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Windhoek 52: Windhoek leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Windhoek 14: Havana leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Windhoek 30: Havana leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Windhoek 22: Havana leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Havana and Windhoek are level on 30.
Affordability. Havana 58, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Windhoek 18: Havana leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Windhoek.

Your match

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

Havana
Best match
47match

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

Windhoek
29match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 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). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaWindhoek
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112
Elevation59 m1,650 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaWindhoek
City population2,492,618486,169
People per km²3,42395
Museums within 10 km125
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.