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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Honolulu or London?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose London for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: Honolulu leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, London 84: London leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, London 94: London leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, London 88: London leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, London 57: Honolulu leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, London 90: London leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, London 82: London leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, London 85: London leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, London 95: London leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Honolulu and London are level on 15.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, London 98: London leads by 58 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, London 40: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and London.

Your match

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

Honolulu
57match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluLondon
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-10UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number911112 or 999
Elevation12 m4 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluLondon
City population350,9648,799,728
People per km²1,9815,598
Museums within 10 km12216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.