Oahu Real Estate Guide

About Oahu: Oahu is the most populated Hawaiian island with most activities (shopping, night life, variety of entertainment and recreation). If your Hawaii vacation includes lots of shopping, many restaurants and nightclubs then Oahu is the right place for you. Oahu is 'the gathering place.' It has more hotels, restaurants, and major attractions than all of the other islands put together. The major city, Honolulu, is located on Oahu. Honolulu has an abundance of galleries, nightclubs, and museums, a major zoo, aquarium, Iolani Palace (the only royal palace on U.S. soil), Pearl Harbor, the Arizona Memorial.

The island of Oahu has 1.1 million people living on it and over 4 million visitors per year. Yet it has some real beauty and 46% of it are mountains. Only 30 minutes away from Honolulu downtown you will find some of the most beautiful tropical bays where movie stars have their summer homes.

Oahu is where the famous Waikiki beach is. Waikiki Beach has all the major hotels and you can walk right to the beach from any Waikiki hotel. You do not need a car to get around Waikiki. You can walk all around Waikiki beach and the shops if you are healthy. Honolulu is the city name where Waikiki Beach is located and the island is called Oahu. 

The day-time high temperatures in Honolulu during the summer range from an average of 85 to 87 degrees F (29.4-30.6 C) with night-time lows of 70 to 74 (21.1-23.3 C). Winter day-time high temperatures in the city are 70 to 74 degrees F (21.1-23.3 C) and night-time lows are 65 to 69 degrees (18.3-20.6 C).