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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Honolulu or Oaxaca?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Honolulu leads by 86 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Oaxaca 40: Honolulu leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Oaxaca 62: Honolulu leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Oaxaca 40: Honolulu leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Oaxaca 38: Honolulu leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu and Oaxaca are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Oaxaca.

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 families with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on prices 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluOaxaca
Official language-Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC-6
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m1,555 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluOaxaca
City population350,964258,913
People per km²1,9813,028
Museums within 10 km1210
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.