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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Hurghada?

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 Hong Kong for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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. Hong Kong 50, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Hurghada 34: Hong Kong leads by 56 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Hurghada 14: Hong Kong leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Hurghada 40: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Hurghada 72: Hong Kong leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Hurghada 30: Hong Kong leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Hurghada 62: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Hurghada 22: Hong Kong leads by 75 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Hurghada 24: Hong Kong leads by 64 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 53 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Hurghada 10: Hong Kong leads by 45 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongHurghada
Official languageStandard ChineseArabic
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number999Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation7 m11 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongHurghada
City population7,413,070214,247
Museums within 10 km391
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months12 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). 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. 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.