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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Honolulu or Singapore?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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, Singapore 40: Honolulu leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Singapore 45: Honolulu leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Singapore 25: Honolulu leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Singapore 25: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Singapore 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 Singapore.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Honolulu
57match

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

Singapore
57match

Wins on getting around and food and drink 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

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluSingapore
Official language-English, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+8
Emergency number911Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation12 m21 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluSingapore
City population350,9645,866,139
People per km²1,9818,158
Museums within 10 km1240
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.