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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
YogyakartaThe Tugu monument in the centre of Yogyakarta

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Yogyakarta by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Honolulu or Yogyakarta?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Yogyakarta for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Yogyakarta’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, Yogyakarta 22: Honolulu leads by 69 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Yogyakarta 62: Honolulu leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Yogyakarta 68: Yogyakarta leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Yogyakarta 32: Honolulu leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Yogyakarta 72: Honolulu leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Yogyakarta 78: Yogyakarta leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Yogyakarta 40: Honolulu leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Yogyakarta 35: Honolulu leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Yogyakarta 52: Honolulu leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Yogyakarta 92: Yogyakarta leads by 77 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Yogyakarta 58: Yogyakarta leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu and Yogyakarta are level on 50.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Yogyakarta.

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 beaches and families with your weighting.

Yogyakarta
55match

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

Yogyakarta in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
26 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HonoluluYogyakarta

Where the figures come from

Yogyakarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Yogyakarta: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluYogyakarta
Official language-Indonesian
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-10UTC+7
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m113 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsYogyakarta International Airport (YIA)39 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluYogyakarta
City population350,964422,732
People per km²1,98113,007
Museums within 10 km1238
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.