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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

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

Honolulu or Victoria?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Victoria for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Honolulu leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Victoria 50: Honolulu leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Victoria 42: Honolulu leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Victoria 30: Honolulu leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Victoria 77: Honolulu leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Victoria 54: Victoria leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Victoria 62: Honolulu leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Victoria 40: Honolulu leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Victoria 34: Victoria leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu and Victoria are level on 40.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Victoria 48: Honolulu leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Victoria.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluVictoria
Official language-French, English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number911911
Elevation12 m23 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluVictoria
City population350,96491,867
People per km²1,9814,711
Museums within 10 km126
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.