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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante or Hong Kong?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Alicante for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Alicante’s own page.

Choose Hong Kong for

  • shopping
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hong Kong’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Alicante 82, Hong Kong 50: Alicante leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Hong Kong 60: Hong Kong leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Hong Kong 68: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Hong Kong 27: Alicante leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Hong Kong 42: Hong Kong leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Hong Kong.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Alicante
59match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteHong Kong

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteHong Kong
Official languageSpanishStandard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation3 m7 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteHong Kong
City population366,2217,413,070
People per km²1,819-
Museums within 10 km839
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months8 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.