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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Honolulu or Vienna?

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
  • families

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Honolulu leads by 64 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Vienna 68: Honolulu leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Vienna 62: Honolulu leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Vienna 77: Honolulu leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 56 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Vienna.

Your match

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

Honolulu
57match

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

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluVienna
Official language-German, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m151 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluVienna
City population350,9642,028,289
People per km²1,9814,890
Museums within 10 km12152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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. 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.