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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Honolulu or Luxor?

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 Luxor for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Luxor’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, Luxor 6: Honolulu leads by 85 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Luxor 30: Honolulu leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Luxor 95: Luxor leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Luxor 10: Honolulu leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Luxor 32: Honolulu leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Luxor 62: Luxor leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Luxor 30: Honolulu leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Luxor 35: Honolulu leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Luxor 25: Honolulu leads by 35 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Luxor 90: Luxor leads by 75 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Luxor 10: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Luxor 28: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Luxor.

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.

Luxor
38match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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
26 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Luxor 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). Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluLuxor
Official language-Arabic
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation12 m89 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluLuxor
City population350,964202,232
People per km²1,981486
Museums within 10 km124
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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.