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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Calgary’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. Calgary 8, Hong Kong 50: Hong Kong leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Hong Kong 60: Hong Kong leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Hong Kong 80: Calgary leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Hong Kong 27: Calgary leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary and Hong Kong are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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.

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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CalgaryHong Kong

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryHong Kong
Official languageFrench, EnglishStandard Chinese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911999
Elevation1,045 m7 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryHong Kong
City population1,306,7847,413,070
People per km²1,583-
Museums within 10 km1339
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.