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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Krakow?

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

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Krakow for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Hong Kong leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Krakow 55: Hong Kong leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong and Krakow are level on 68.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Krakow 62: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Krakow 58: Hong Kong leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Krakow 74: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Krakow 48: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong and Krakow are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Krakow 36: Hong Kong leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Krakow.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Krakow
58match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongKrakow

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Krakow: 1991-2020 normals, Krakow (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongKrakow
Official languageStandard ChinesePolish
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m219 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongKrakow
City population7,413,070804,237
People per km²-2,459
Museums within 10 km39113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.