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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Honolulu or Jakarta?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Jakarta’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, Jakarta 28: Honolulu leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Jakarta 48: Honolulu leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 21 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Jakarta 30: Honolulu leads by 58 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Jakarta 45: Jakarta leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Jakarta 50: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Jakarta 36: Honolulu leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Jakarta 42: Jakarta leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Jakarta 46: Honolulu leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Jakarta.

Your match

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

Honolulu
Best match
57match

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

Jakarta
51match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Jakarta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluJakarta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluJakarta
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m91 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluJakarta
City population350,96411,135,191
People per km²1,98116,821
Museums within 10 km1244
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. 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.