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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Honolulu or Seville?

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
  • families

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

Choose Seville for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Honolulu leads by 73 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Seville 73: Seville leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Seville 82: Seville leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Seville 62: Seville leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Seville 52: Honolulu leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Seville 80: Seville leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Seville 55: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Seville 72: Seville leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Seville 55: Honolulu leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Seville 58: Seville leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Seville 68: Seville leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Seville 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 Seville.

Your match

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

Honolulu
57match

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

Seville
Best match
60match

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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluSeville

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluSeville
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m18 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluSeville
City population350,964689,423
People per km²1,9814,896
Museums within 10 km1224
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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. 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.