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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Honolulu or Lisbon?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Lisbon for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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, Lisbon 50: Honolulu leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Lisbon 75: Honolulu leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Lisbon 62: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Lisbon 66: Lisbon leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu and Lisbon are level on 60.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Lisbon 55: Lisbon leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Lisbon 36: Honolulu leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Lisbon.

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.

Lisbon
Best match
65match

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluLisbon
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m100 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluLisbon
City population350,964545,796
People per km²1,9815,453
Museums within 10 km1280
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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.