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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping
  • 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. Faro 74, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Honolulu 55: Honolulu leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Honolulu 45: Honolulu leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Honolulu 38: Faro leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Honolulu 52: Faro leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Honolulu 15: Faro leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Honolulu 40: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 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: Faro and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Faro
49match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Honolulu
Best match
57match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
14 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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FaroHonolulu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroHonolulu
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-10
Emergency number112911
Elevation10 m12 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroHonolulu
City population64,560350,964
People per km²3191,981
Museums within 10 km212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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.