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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
WindhoekThe Christuskirche among palms

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Honolulu or Windhoek?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Honolulu leads by 87 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Windhoek 36: Honolulu leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Windhoek 30: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Windhoek 25: Honolulu leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Windhoek 52: Honolulu leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Windhoek 14: Honolulu leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Windhoek 30: Honolulu leads by 50 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Windhoek 22: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Windhoek 30: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Windhoek 62: Windhoek leads by 47 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Windhoek 18: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Windhoek 30: Honolulu leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Windhoek.

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.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on 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

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No seasea
11 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). Windhoek: 1991-2020 normals, Windhoek (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluWindhoek
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+2
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m1,650 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluWindhoek
City population350,964486,169
People per km²1,98195
Museums within 10 km125
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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. 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.