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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License.

Honolulu or Izmir?

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 Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Izmir for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Izmir’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. Honolulu 91, Izmir 62: Honolulu leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Izmir 72: Izmir leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu and Izmir are level on 55.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Izmir 60: Izmir leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Izmir 66: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Izmir 86: Izmir leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Izmir 55: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Izmir 63: Izmir leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Izmir 55: Honolulu leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Izmir 66: Izmir leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Izmir 48: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Izmir 57: Izmir leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Izmir.

Your match

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

Honolulu
57match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluIzmir

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluIzmir
Official language-Turkish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+3
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m2 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluIzmir
City population350,9644,493,242
People per km²1,9814,760
Museums within 10 km1229
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.