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A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Havana or Zagreb?

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 Zagreb for

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Havana leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Havana 40, Zagreb 55: Zagreb leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Havana 77, Zagreb 56: Havana leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Havana 60, Zagreb 47: Havana leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Havana 34, Zagreb 62: Zagreb leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Havana 38, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Havana 34, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Havana 38, Zagreb 70: Zagreb leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Havana 30, Zagreb 40: Zagreb leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Havana 58, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Havana 74, Zagreb 52: Havana leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Havana 22, Zagreb 33: Zagreb leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Havana and Zagreb.

Your match

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

Havana
47match

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

Zagreb
Best match
50match

Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHavanaZagreb
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 m127 m
Main airportJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHavanaZagreb
City population2,492,618767,131
People per km²3,423-
Museums within 10 km1227
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

Where else could you go?

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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.