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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
People's Square (Narodni trg), Zadar
ZadarPeople's Square (Narodni trg)

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Zadar by Böhringer Friedrich, CC BY-SA 2.5, cropped.

Havana or Zadar?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Zadar for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Zadar’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, Zadar 72: Zadar leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Zadar 45: Zadar leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Zadar 55: Havana leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Zadar 38: Havana leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Zadar 82: Zadar leads by 48 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Zadar 70: Zadar leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Zadar 55: Zadar leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Zadar 58: Zadar leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Zadar 27: Havana leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Zadar 52: Havana leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Zadar 28: Havana leads by 46 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Zadar 35: Zadar leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Zadar.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

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

Zadar
Best match
51match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips 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

Zadar in July

31 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
24 °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.

Zadar 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). Zadar: 1999-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Zadar / Zemunik (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaZadar
Official languageSpanishCroatian
CurrencyCuban Peso (CUP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCF230 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 m5 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsZadar Airport (ZAD)10 km from centre66 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaZadar
City population2,492,61870,779
People per km²3,423-
Museums within 10 km121
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. 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.