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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Bangkok 12, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Honolulu 70: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Honolulu 55: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Honolulu 45: Bangkok leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 63 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Honolulu 38: Bangkok leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Honolulu 52: Honolulu leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Honolulu 60: Bangkok leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Honolulu 15: Bangkok leads by 70 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Honolulu 40: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Honolulu 50: Bangkok leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Honolulu
57match

Wins on beaches 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.

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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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BangkokHonolulu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokHonolulu
Official languageThai-
CurrencyBaht (THB)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-10
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199911
Elevation2 m12 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokHonolulu
City population5,676,648350,964
People per km²3,6191,981
Museums within 10 km5912
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.