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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hong Kong for

  • shopping
  • families
  • getting around

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. Bilbao 45, Hong Kong 50: Hong Kong leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Hong Kong 60: Bilbao leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Hong Kong 80: Hong Kong leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Hong Kong 68: Bilbao leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Hong Kong 27: Bilbao leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Hong Kong 42: Hong Kong leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Bilbao
59match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoHong Kong

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoHong 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
Elevation19 m7 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoHong Kong
City population351,1247,413,070
People per km²8,440-
Museums within 10 km1739
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month8 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.