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Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Ghent 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 Ghent for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Ghent 25, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Ghent 62, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Ghent 72, Honolulu 55: Ghent leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Ghent 55, Honolulu 45: Ghent leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Ghent 35, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Ghent 88, Honolulu 38: Ghent leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Ghent 50, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Ghent 78, Honolulu 52: Ghent leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Ghent 50, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Ghent 38, Honolulu 15: Ghent leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Ghent 60, Honolulu 40: Ghent leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Ghent 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: Ghent and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Ghent
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Honolulu
Best match
57match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °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

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGhentHonolulu
Official languageFrench, German, Dutch-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-10
Emergency number112911
Elevation12 m12 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureGhentHonolulu
City population272,657350,964
People per km²1,7281,981
Museums within 10 km3012
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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.