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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • shopping
  • families
  • food and drink

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. Dubrovnik 74, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Honolulu 55: Dubrovnik leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Honolulu 45: Honolulu leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Honolulu 38: Dubrovnik leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Honolulu 52: Dubrovnik leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Honolulu 15: Dubrovnik leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Honolulu 40: Honolulu leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Honolulu 50: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Honolulu
Best match
57match

Wins on shopping 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.

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 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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Where the figures come from

Dubrovnik has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikHonolulu
Official languageCroatian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-10
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m12 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikHonolulu
City population41,562350,964
People per km²-1,981
Museums within 10 km712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km30
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 months

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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.