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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Honolulu or Lima?

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 Lima for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Honolulu leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Lima 88: Lima leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Lima 66: Lima leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Lima 62: Lima leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Lima 45: Honolulu leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Lima 34: Honolulu leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Lima 42: Honolulu leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Lima 35: Honolulu leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Lima 52: Honolulu leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Lima 70: Lima leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Lima 53: Lima leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Lima 25: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Lima.

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.

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluLima
Official language-Spanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC-5
Emergency number911111 or 911
Elevation12 m154 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluLima
City population350,9649,943,800
People per km²1,9813,721
Museums within 10 km1247
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months2 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.