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→Spokane
Spokane is eastern Washington's anchor city, very different from Seattle: drier, sunnier, with the Spokane River tumbling through downtown in actual waterfalls. Riverfront Park (built for the 1974 World's Fair) is the city's living room. Bing Crosby was born here. Mt. Spokane and Coeur d'Alene Lake are nearby. The Bloomsday run every May draws around 40,000 people. Affordable and outdoorsy.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,843/mo
$1,520/mo
$1,323/mo less than Honolulu (87%)
Median home price
Median home price
$1.1M
$420k
$641k less than Honolulu
State income tax
State income tax
11.0%
0%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,574/mo
$6,813/mo
Spokane has $2,239/mo more gross after rent at $100k
Gross left after rent reflects state income tax but not federal, based on $100k salary. Enter your salary to find your ideal city.
03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
316 days
164 days
152 fewer than Honolulu
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
6 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
34 days
days below 20°F per year
Spokane has 6 more days above 95°F each year than Honolulu. Spokane drops below 20°F on 34 more days per year than Honolulu.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
55 / 100
81 / 100
26.0 pts ahead of Honolulu
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
51 routes
10 routes
41 fewer direct routes than Honolulu
Metro size
Metro size
989k metro
600k metro
Honolulu has 2.6x more events per month than Spokane.
the verdict
4
Honolulu
categories won
5
Spokane
categories won
Spokane wins on money. Honolulu has the edge on weather.
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