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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Hong Kong for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • 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. Austin 30, Hong Kong 50: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Hong Kong 60: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 67 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Hong Kong 27: Austin leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Hong Kong 55: Austin leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 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: Austin and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and prices with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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AustinHong Kong

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinHong Kong
Official language-Standard Chinese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911999
Elevation149 m7 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinHong Kong
City population961,8557,413,070
People per km²1,217-
Museums within 10 km2139
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.