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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Honolulu or Perth?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Perth for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Honolulu leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Perth 58: Honolulu leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Perth 42: Honolulu leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Perth 42: Honolulu leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Perth 72: Honolulu leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Perth 48: Perth leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Perth 74: Honolulu leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Perth 55: Perth leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Perth 44: Honolulu leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Perth 28: Perth leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Perth 50: Perth leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Perth 38: Honolulu leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Perth.

Your match

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

Honolulu
Best match
57match

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

Perth
53match

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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluPerth
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation12 m2 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluPerth
City population350,9642,141,834
People per km²1,981334
Museums within 10 km1215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Honolulu or Perth somewhere new.

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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.