01 · the cities
Honolulu
Honolulu is Waikiki's high-rises pressed against turquoise water, Diamond Head crater glowing pink at dawn, and plate lunches that mix Hawaiian, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and Portuguese into one perfect styrofoam container. Surf the south shore in summer, the north in winter. The North Shore is a 45-minute drive into a totally different world. Aloha here is a way of moving through the day.
full dispatch→Oxnard
Oxnard is California's strawberry capital, where the fields literally run up to the beach. Channel Islands Harbor is a quiet alternative to the busier Ventura and Santa Barbara, with great seafood and a chill Mexican food scene. The weather is the perfect 65-and-overcast that locals call 'June gloom' for most of summer. The Channel Islands themselves are a ferry ride away.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,843/mo
$2,995/mo
$152/mo more than Honolulu (5%)
Median home price
Median home price
$1.1M
$923k
$139k less than Honolulu
State income tax
State income tax
11.0%
9.3%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,574/mo
$4,563/mo
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
316 days
342 days
26 more than Honolulu
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
0 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
0 days
days below 20°F per year
Oxnard edges ahead on pleasant days, but both cities have comparable comfort overall.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
55 / 100
74 / 100
19.0 pts ahead of Honolulu
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
51 routes
0 routes
51 fewer direct routes than Honolulu
Metro size
Metro size
989k metro
830k metro
Honolulu has 4.0x more events per month than Oxnard.
the verdict
3
Honolulu
categories won
4
Oxnard
categories won
Oxnard leads on weather and wins overall.
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