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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Honolulu or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: Honolulu leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Honolulu leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Honolulu leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Honolulu leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 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 St. Petersburg, Florida.

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.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluSt. Petersburg, Florida
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 m134 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population350,964258,308
People per km²1,981725
Museums within 10 km1213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 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. 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.