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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Honolulu or Valparaiso?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Honolulu leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Valparaiso 50: Honolulu leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Valparaiso 60: Honolulu leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Valparaiso 33: Honolulu leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Valparaiso 44: Honolulu leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Valparaiso 30: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Valparaiso 38: Honolulu leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Valparaiso 18: Honolulu leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Honolulu
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

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
26 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluValparaiso
Official language-Spanish
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number911Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation12 m21 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluValparaiso
City population350,964296,655
People per km²1,9816,180
Museums within 10 km1217
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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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.