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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
Skiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort, Winter Park, Colorado
Winter Park, ColoradoSkiers in front of the big timber lodge at the resort

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Winter Park, Colorado by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Havana or Winter Park, Colorado?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Winter Park, Colorado for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Winter Park, Colorado’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, Winter Park, Colorado 5: Havana leads by 59 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Winter Park, Colorado 24: Havana leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Winter Park, Colorado 6: Havana leads by 71 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Winter Park, Colorado 15: Havana leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Winter Park, Colorado 88: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Havana and Winter Park, Colorado are level on 38.
Good for families. Havana 34, Winter Park, Colorado 62: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Winter Park, Colorado 42: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Havana leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Winter Park, Colorado 25: Havana leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Winter Park, Colorado 12: Havana leads by 62 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Winter Park, Colorado 46: Winter Park, Colorado leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Winter Park, Colorado.

Your match

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

Havana
Best match
47match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Winter Park, Colorado
31match

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
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Winter Park, Colorado in July

21 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HavanaWinter Park, Colorado

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.

Winter Park, Colorado's temperatures are measured 90 km from the centre, at Leadville / Stringtown.

Winter Park, Colorado's station stands 269 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Winter Park, Colorado 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). Winter Park, Colorado: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Leadville / Stringtown (89.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaWinter Park, Colorado
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105911
Elevation59 m2,759 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsDenver International Airport (DEN)95 km from centre231 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaWinter Park, Colorado
City population2,492,6181,033
People per km²3,42324
Museums within 10 km120
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.