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Florence and the Arno, Florence
FlorenceFlorence and the Arno
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Florence by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Florence 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 Florence for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Florence 14, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Florence 74, Honolulu 70: Florence leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Florence 94, Honolulu 55: Florence leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Florence 42, Honolulu 45: Honolulu leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florence 58, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Florence 98, Honolulu 38: Florence leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Florence 45, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Florence 78, Honolulu 52: Florence leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Florence 72, Honolulu 60: Florence leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Florence 35, Honolulu 15: Florence leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florence 58, Honolulu 40: Florence leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florence 42, Honolulu 50: Honolulu leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florence 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

Florence
59match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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.

Florence in July

32 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
37 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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

Florence 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.

Florence's sunshine is measured 71 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Florence: 1995-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Firenze / Peretola (5.6 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorenceHonolulu
Official languageItalian-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-10
Emergency number112911
Elevation50 m12 m
Main airportFlorence Airport, Peretola (FLR)6 km from centre46 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorenceHonolulu
City population360,930350,964
People per km²3,5281,981
Museums within 10 km14112
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km40
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.