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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • 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. Dublin 27, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Honolulu 55: Dublin leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Honolulu 45: Dublin leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Honolulu 38: Dublin leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Honolulu 52: Dublin leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Honolulu 15: Dublin leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Honolulu 40: Dublin leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Honolulu 50: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Dublin
53match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Honolulu
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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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DublinHonolulu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinHonolulu
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-10
Emergency number112911
Elevation20 m12 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinHonolulu
City population592,713350,964
People per km²5,1541,981
Museums within 10 km4012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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.