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Galway Cathedral from the River Corrib, Galway
GalwayGalway Cathedral from the River Corrib
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Galway by Dieglop, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Galway 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 Galway for

  • day trips
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • 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. Galway 28, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Galway 45, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Galway 33, Honolulu 55: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Galway 50, Honolulu 45: Galway leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galway 78, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Galway 56, Honolulu 38: Galway leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Galway 42, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Galway 58, Honolulu 52: Galway leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Galway 38, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Galway 28, Honolulu 15: Galway leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galway 57, Honolulu 40: Galway leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galway 28, Honolulu 50: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galway and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Galway
45match

Wins on day trips and live music and the arts 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.

Galway in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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

Galway's temperatures are measured 64 km from the centre, at Shannon Airport.

Galway 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. Galway: 1991-2020 normals, Shannon Airport (64.2 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalwayHonolulu
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
Elevation25 m12 m
Main airportShannon Airport (SNN)64 km from centre39 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalwayHonolulu
City population83,456350,964
People per km²1,5631,981
Museums within 10 km412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.