Havana
La Habana
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📷 Christopher Michel· CC BY 2.0Bienvenidos a La Habana | Welcome to Havana (Cuban Spanish)
About
Havana is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. It is the most populous city, the largest by area, and the second-largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region. The population in 2021 was 2,142,939 inhabitants, and its area is 728.26 km2 (281.18 sq mi) for the capital city and 8,475.57 km2 for the metropolitan zone.
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The next week in Havana
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
30° / 22°
1.1 mm
UV High
Sat
Showers
32° / 23°
2.7 mm
UV Very high
Sun
Drizzle
33° / 24°
3.7 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Thunderstorm
32° / 24°
5.6 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Drizzle
31° / 24°
3.3 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
31°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
37° / 19°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.2h
06:48 – 20:02local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Havana
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is José Martí International Airport (HAV) at 17 km.
Getting around Havana
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC0, Flagvisioner.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.