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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Honolulu or Split?

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

  • shopping
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Split for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Honolulu leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Split 57: Honolulu leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Split 66: Split leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Split 52: Split leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Split 77: Honolulu leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Split 78: Split leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Split 54: Honolulu leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Split 67: Split leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Split 32: Honolulu leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Split 45: Split leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Split 37: Honolulu leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Split 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 Split.

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 shopping and families with your weighting.

Split
57match

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
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluSplit

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluSplit
Official language-Croatian
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 m0 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluSplit
City population350,964160,577
People per km²1,981-
Museums within 10 km1211
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. 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.