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The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Essaouira 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 Essaouira for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • getting around

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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. Essaouira 47, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Essaouira 44, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Essaouira 48, Honolulu 55: Honolulu leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Essaouira 14, Honolulu 45: Honolulu leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Essaouira 57, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Essaouira 17, Honolulu 38: Honolulu leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Essaouira 42, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Essaouira 58, Honolulu 52: Essaouira leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Essaouira 44, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Essaouira 74, Honolulu 15: Essaouira leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Essaouira 28, Honolulu 40: Honolulu leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Essaouira 66, Honolulu 50: Essaouira leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Essaouira and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Essaouira
45match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Honolulu
Best match
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.

Essaouira in July

22 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
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

Essaouira 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEssaouiraHonolulu
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight-
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-10
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15911
Elevation11 m12 m
Main airportEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureEssaouiraHonolulu
City population82,962350,964
People per km²16,5921,981
Museums within 10 km212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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). 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.