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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License.

Honolulu or Palermo?

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

  • families
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Palermo for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Palermo’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, Palermo 77: Honolulu leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Palermo 81: Palermo leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Palermo 80: Palermo leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Palermo 58: Palermo leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Palermo 72: Honolulu leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Palermo 84: Palermo leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Palermo 44: Honolulu leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Palermo 50: Honolulu leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Palermo 44: Honolulu leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Palermo 63: Palermo leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Palermo 62: Palermo leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Palermo 30: Honolulu leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Palermo.

Your match

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

Honolulu
57match

Wins on families and wellness with your weighting.

Palermo
Best match
62match

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

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluPalermo
Official language-Italian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m14 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluPalermo
City population350,964630,167
People per km²1,9813,924
Museums within 10 km1242
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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. 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.