6 winsCalifornia4,285 sights · 6,370 eats · 6 regions
1 winHawaii282 sights · 403 eats · 5 regionsCalifornia vs Hawaii
The verdict
California takes 6 of 7
Warmer winter escape
Hawaii
61°F vs 79°F Dec–Feb avg high
Cooler summer
California
84°F vs 84°F Jun–Aug avg high
Beach trip
California
192 vs 90 beaches
Museum hopping
California
384 vs 25 museums
Great outdoors
California
3,364 vs 137 parks & viewpoints
Foodie weekend
California
6,370 vs 403 notable restaurants
Best in October
California
100% vs 10% of regions in season
Tale of the tape
CaliforniaHawaii
- 4,285282Sights
- 6,370403Restaurants & cafés
- 38425Museums
- 3,321134Parks & nature
- 19290Beaches
- 433Viewpoints
- 65Regions
Weather, month by month
Average daily high across each state's regions, from last year's weather. Hover for details.
| Month | California | Hawaii |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 61 | 79 |
| Feb | 63 | 79 |
| Mar | 64 | 80 |
| Apr | 71 | 81 |
| May | 78 | 81 |
| Jun | 82 | 83 |
| Jul | 83 | 84 |
| Aug | 87 | 85 |
| Sep | 84 | 85 |
| Oct | 74 | 84 |
| Nov | 66 | 81 |
| Dec | 60 | 80 |
California
- January: Mixed
- February: Mixed
- March: Mixed
- April: Peak season
- May: Peak season
- June: Good
- July: Mixed
- August: Good
- September: Mixed
- October: Peak season
- November: Good
- December: Mixed
Hawaii
- January: Peak season
- February: Peak season
- March: Peak season
- April: Mixed
- May: Good
- June: Mixed
- July: Off season
- August: Mixed
- September: Off season
- October: Mixed
- November: Good
- December: Peak season
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