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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Alicante or Honolulu?

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 Alicante for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Honolulu’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. Alicante 82, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Honolulu 55: Honolulu leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Honolulu 45: Alicante leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Honolulu 38: Alicante leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Honolulu 52: Alicante leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Honolulu 15: Alicante leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Honolulu 40: Honolulu leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Honolulu 50: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Alicante
59match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Honolulu
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteHonolulu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteHonolulu
Official languageSpanish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-10
Emergency number112911
Elevation3 m12 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteHonolulu
City population366,221350,964
People per km²1,8191,981
Museums within 10 km812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), 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. 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.