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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Honolulu or Toronto?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Honolulu leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu and Toronto are level on 70.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Toronto 50: Honolulu leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Toronto 52: Honolulu leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Toronto 74: Honolulu leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Toronto 33: Honolulu leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Toronto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Honolulu
57match

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

Toronto
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluToronto
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m76 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluToronto
City population350,9642,794,356
People per km²1,9814,434
Museums within 10 km1232
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months1 month

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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.