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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Honolulu or Nashville?

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 Nashville for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Honolulu leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Nashville 62: Honolulu leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Nashville 50: Honolulu leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Nashville 46: Honolulu leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Nashville 52: Nashville leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Nashville 55: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Nashville 30: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Nashville 42: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Nashville 30: Nashville leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Nashville 20: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Nashville.

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.

Nashville
46match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluNashville
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m182 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluNashville
City population350,964689,447
People per km²1,981506
Museums within 10 km1212
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.