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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

El Nido 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 El Nido for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on El Nido’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. El Nido 92, Hong Kong 50: El Nido leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Hong Kong 90: Hong Kong leads by 63 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Hong Kong 60: Hong Kong leads by 56 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Hong Kong 80: El Nido leads by 7 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, Hong Kong 68: Hong Kong leads by 60 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Hong Kong 75: Hong Kong leads by 35 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Hong Kong 97: Hong Kong leads by 75 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Hong Kong 88: Hong Kong leads by 81 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Hong Kong 27: El Nido leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, Hong Kong 55: Hong Kong leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, Hong Kong 42: El Nido leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: El Nido and Hong Kong.

Your match

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

El Nido
36match

Wins on beaches and prices 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.

El Nido in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
368 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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El NidoHong Kong

Where the figures come from

El Nido has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoHong Kong
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishStandard Chinese
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency number911999
Elevation35 m7 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoHong Kong
City population51,3677,413,070
People per km²56-
Museums within 10 km039
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months8 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.