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Homes in Honolulu
Apartments outnumber houses in Honolulu: 65% of its 157,303 homes are in buildings of two or more units. Detached houses make up 27% and townhouses and other attached houses 7%.
The biggest building period was 1950 to 1979, which accounts for 56% of homes standing today; 16% are from 2000 or later. The median home dates from 1974. 49% of homes are lived in by their owners.
Of the 3 Hawaii cities we have census figures for, Honolulu has the highest share of older homes and the highest share of apartments. In East Honolulu, 9 miles away, 21% of homes are apartments, fewer than here. Nationally, Honolulu's homes are older than those in 71% of the 881 US cities we have census figures for.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Estimates carry margins of error.
Apartments and condos
65% of homes are in buildings of two or more units. Balcony and patio doors suit bypass or bifold panels rather than hinged ones, which need floor space to swing. Check what your HOA or building allows to show from outside before you order: most rules are about the colour seen through the glass.
Replacement windows
56% of homes went up between 1950 and 1979, and most of them have had their original windows replaced since. A replacement window often sits further into or out of the wall than the old one, so the depth you have for an inside mount may differ from window to window in the same house. Measure every opening rather than copying one.
Out-of-square openings
With 65% of homes built before 1980, many openings have had decades to settle. Measure each one's width at the top, middle and bottom, and both diagonals. If the diagonals differ by more than about ¼ inch, add a mounting frame in the designer, or choose an outside mount so the shutter covers the uneven edges.
Honolulu weather and your shutters
At Manoa Lyon Arbo 785.2, HI (3 mi away), September averages a high of 80.8°F and January a low of 63.1°F. No month averages a high above 85°F or a low below freezing.
About 0 days a year reach 90°F, 0 nights fall to freezing and 31.4 inches of precipitation falls, most of it around March and least in June.
Among the Hawaii cities we have climate normals for, Honolulu has the second-most hot days and the most freezing days.
Daylight runs from 13 h 26 min on the longest day to 10 h 50 min on the shortest, and the midday sun stands 88° above the horizon in June and 45° in December.
Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, Manoa Lyon Arbo 785.2, HI (temperature) and Punchbowl Crater 709, HI (precipitation, 1 mi away). Daylight and sun height: calculated from the city’s latitude.
Monthly figures
| Month | Average high | Average low | Precipitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 76°F | 63.1°F | 3 in |
| Feb | 75.9°F | 63.3°F | 2.8 in |
| Mar | 75.7°F | 63.9°F | 4 in |
| Apr | 76°F | 65.4°F | 2.4 in |
| May | 77.7°F | 66.8°F | 1.7 in |
| Jun | 78.1°F | 68.4°F | 1.6 in |
| Jul | 79°F | 69.7°F | 1.7 in |
| Aug | 80.1°F | 70.2°F | 1.7 in |
| Sep | 80.8°F | 70°F | 2.2 in |
| Oct | 80.1°F | 69.2°F | 2.8 in |
| Nov | 78°F | 67.6°F | 3.7 in |
| Dec | 76.4°F | 65.4°F | 3.8 in |
A mild year
Few days here are very hot or very cold, so louvers spend most of the year on everyday work: angling daylight off the TV, giving privacy from the street, and opening wide on a fine morning. That makes louver size more a matter of view than of shade; bigger louvers leave more open glass.
Fitting them in Honolulu
Shutter Boys shutters are made for you to fit yourself: an inside or outside mount takes a drill, a level and our step-by-step guide. If you'd rather hire someone, a finish carpenter or blinds installer can fit them; ask on your quote and we'll tell you if we know one near you. You arrange and pay the installer directly.
Near Honolulu
- East Honolulu 9 mi
More about shutters in Honolulu
Each page takes one question further (fitting your windows, room by room, sizes and colours, louvers, or how shutters compare with other choices), using Honolulu’s own figures.
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