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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Honolulu or La Spezia?

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

  • families
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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, La Spezia 60: Honolulu leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, La Spezia 58: Honolulu leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, La Spezia 40: Honolulu leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, La Spezia 28: Honolulu leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, La Spezia 79: Honolulu leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 49 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, La Spezia 48: Honolulu leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, La Spezia 70: La Spezia leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, La Spezia 35: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, La Spezia 50: La Spezia leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, La Spezia 28: Honolulu leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, La Spezia 32: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Honolulu
Best match
57match

Wins on families and beaches with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

Wins on day trips and prices 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

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia 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. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluLa Spezia
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m3 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluLa Spezia
City population350,96492,119
People per km²1,9811,792
Museums within 10 km1212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 months

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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.