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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

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

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Hamburg 28, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Honolulu 55: Hamburg leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Honolulu 45: Hamburg leads by 31 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Honolulu 38: Hamburg leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Honolulu 52: Hamburg leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Honolulu 60: Hamburg leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Honolulu 15: Hamburg leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Honolulu 40: Hamburg leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Honolulu 50: Honolulu leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Honolulu
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.

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 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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HamburgHonolulu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgHonolulu
Official languageGerman-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-10
Emergency number112911
Elevation6 m12 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgHonolulu
City population1,869,473350,964
People per km²2,4761,981
Museums within 10 km7712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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.