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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
Savannah City Hall and its golden dome, Savannah
SavannahSavannah City Hall and its golden dome

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Savannah by Chris M Morris, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Honolulu or Savannah?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Savannah for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Savannah’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, Savannah 55: Honolulu leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Savannah 58: Honolulu leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Savannah 68: Savannah leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Savannah 52: Savannah leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Savannah 48: Honolulu leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Savannah 60: Savannah leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Savannah 50: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Savannah 58: Savannah leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Savannah 42: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Savannah 35: Savannah leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu and Savannah are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Savannah 40: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Savannah.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Savannah
51match

Wins on day trips and prices 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

Savannah in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
144 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluSavannah

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Savannah: 1991-2020 normals, Savannah Airport (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluSavannah
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m15 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsSavannah Hilton Head International Airport (SAV)12 km from centre39 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluSavannah
City population350,964147,780
People per km²1,981524
Museums within 10 km1219
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.