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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Havana or York?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose York for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Havana leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, York 42: York leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, York 70: Havana leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, York 36: Havana leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, York 62: York leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, York 80: York leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, York 60: York leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, York 72: York leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, York 46: York leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, York 38: Havana leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, York 38: Havana leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, York 34: York leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and York.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Havana
47match

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

York
49match

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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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.

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaYork
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 106, ambulance 104, fire 105112 or 999
Elevation59 m25 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaYork
City population2,492,618208,400
People per km²3,423766
Museums within 10 km1224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.