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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Honolulu or Valletta?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Valletta for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Honolulu leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Valletta 55: Honolulu leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Valletta 56: Honolulu leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Valletta 58: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Valletta 38: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Valletta 32: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Valletta.

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 nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluValletta
Official language-English, Maltese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m56 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluValletta
City population350,9645,197
People per km²1,9816,496
Museums within 10 km1216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months6 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.