DailyGeo › Atlas › Capitals of the world
Capitals of the world
Havana, capital of Cuba: facts and figures
Havana is the capital of Cuba. It has about 2,100,000 residents, which makes it the 70th most populous capital of the 172 in DailyGeo's atlas, and it sits 14 m above sea level. Its nearest neighbouring capital is Nassau, 554 km away.
Key figures
| Figure | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | Cuba |
| Continent | North America |
| City population | 2,100,000 residents |
| World rank by population | 70th of 172 |
| Elevation | 14 m |
| Founded | 1515 |
| Time zone | America/Havana |
| Coordinates | 23.11° N, 82.37° W |
| Country population | 10,937,203 residents |
| Country GDP | 107.4 billion US dollars |
| GDP per capita | $9,605 |
| Life expectancy | 78.3 years |
| Internet users | 70.5 % |
| Big Mac price | not reported |
Climate through the year
Havana averages 23.2 °C from December to February and 28.2 °C from June to August. January is the coldest month of the year and July the warmest, and the city receives 898 mm of precipitation in an average year.
| Month | Mean temperature |
|---|---|
| January | 22.6 °C |
| February | 23.3 °C |
| March | 24.5 °C |
| April | 26.0 °C |
| May | 26.9 °C |
| June | 27.5 °C |
| July | 28.5 °C |
| August | 28.5 °C |
| September | 27.7 °C |
| October | 26.6 °C |
| November | 25.1 °C |
| December | 23.7 °C |
What makes it stand out
- Summer: 3rd hottest capital in North America (28.2 °C).
- Age: 2nd oldest capital in North America (1515).
Nearest capitals
Distances are great-circle distances between city centres, which is what the Capitals game measures when it tells you how far a guess was from the answer. Nassau is the closest capital to Havana.
| Capital | Country | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Nassau | Bahamas | 554 km |
| Kingston | Jamaica | 815 km |
| Belmopan | Belize | 933 km |
| Tegucigalpa | Honduras | 1,126 km |
| Port-au-Prince | Haiti | 1,159 km |
How to remember it
Reading a figure once rarely fixes it in memory. Attach Havana to a place and a number you already know: it is 554 km from Nassau, and it is the 70th largest capital in the atlas. Then practise retrieving it. DailyGeo Capitals gives you one mystery capital a day with distance, direction, language and population clues, the memorising method explains the review schedule, and the capitals index lists all 172.
To see how Cuba compares with every other country on figures like these, the richest countries by GDP per capita ranks them on geopolitix, a country-ranking game by the same maker as DailyGeo.
Sources
- City population and coordinates: DailyGeo's own game data, the same figures the Capitals game plays with. Population follows the urban area rather than the commune, which is why no density is quoted.
- Temperature and rainfall: ten-year means (2015 to 2024) computed from ERA5 reanalysis, retrieved through Open-Meteo. Hersbach, H., et al. (2020). The ERA5 global reanalysis. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.
- Elevation: terrain height at the city's coordinates in the Copernicus DEM, read through Open-Meteo rather than taken from a curated claim.
- Time zone: resolved from the same coordinates.
- Country figures: the World Bank, latest reported year for each series: Country GDP, GDP per capita, Country population, Life expectancy, Internet users.
- Founding date: Wikidata, earliest recorded founding claim.
- This capital elsewhere: Wikipedia, UNdata, Wikidata.
- Method and limits: How this data was collected explains how each figure was collected and what it does not cover.
The short answer
Havana is the capital of Cuba, in North America, with about 2,100,000 residents, averaging 23.2 °C from December to February and 28.2 °C from June to August.
Turn the reading into recall. A new capital and country are waiting today.
Play today's DailyGeo puzzleFrequently asked questions
What is the capital of Cuba?
Havana is the capital of Cuba. It has about 2,100,000 residents and lies in North America.
How many people live in Havana?
About 2,100,000, which ranks Havana 70th of the 172 capitals in DailyGeo's atlas by city population.
What is the weather like in Havana?
Havana averages 23.2 °C from December to February and 28.2 °C from June to August, with 898 mm of precipitation a year. These are ten-year means from ERA5 reanalysis.
How expensive is Havana?
GDP per capita in the country is $9,605, the latest year the World Bank reports.
Keep learning
- Nassau, capital of Bahamas: facts and figures
Nassau is the capital of Bahamas: 270,000 residents, 3 m above sea level, 23.3 °C in winter and 28.5 °C in summer. Key figures and sources.
- Kingston, capital of Jamaica: facts and figures
Kingston is the capital of Jamaica: 670,000 residents, 14 m above sea level, 25.1 °C from December to February and 28.0 °C from June to August. Key figures and sources.
- Belmopan, capital of Belize: facts and figures
Belmopan is the capital of Belize: 23,000 residents, 73 m above sea level, 23.1 °C from December to February and 26.8 °C from June to August. Key figures and sources.
- Capitals of the world: the full list by continent
Every capital in DailyGeo's atlas, grouped by continent, with population, elevation and winter and summer temperatures, each linking to its own data page.