Photos: Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Ghent 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 Ghent for
- day trips
- culture and sights
- prices
What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’s own page.
Choose Hong Kong for
- nature and the outdoors
- 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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Ghent and Hong Kong.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.
Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.
Ghent in July
Hong Kong in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Ghent has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.
Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre). Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Ghent | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | French, German, Dutch | Standard Chinese |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) |
| Sockets | CE230 V, 50 Hz | G220 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Left |
| Time zone | UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer | UTC+8 |
| Emergency number | 112 | 999 |
| Elevation | 12 m | 7 m |
| Main airport | Brussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinations | Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 14 days | 17 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Ghent | Hong Kong |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 272,657 | 7,413,070 |
| People per km² | 1,728 | - |
| Museums within 10 km | 30 | 39 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 5 | 0 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | 8 months |
Where else could you go?
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