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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Bilbao 45, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Honolulu 70: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Honolulu 55: Bilbao leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Honolulu 45: Bilbao leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Honolulu 38: Bilbao leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Honolulu 52: Bilbao leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Honolulu 15: Bilbao leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Honolulu 40: Bilbao leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Honolulu 50: Honolulu leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao 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

Bilbao
59match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Honolulu
57match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoHonolulu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoHonolulu
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
Elevation19 m12 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoHonolulu
City population351,124350,964
People per km²8,4401,981
Museums within 10 km1712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month12 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.