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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Fishing boats in the harbour, La Spezia
La SpeziaFishing boats in the harbour

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; La Spezia by Irina Balashova, Pexels License.

Hong Kong or La Spezia?

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

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose La Spezia for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on La Spezia’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, La Spezia 60: La Spezia leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, La Spezia 58: Hong Kong leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, La Spezia 40: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, La Spezia 28: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, La Spezia 79: Hong Kong leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, La Spezia 87: La Spezia leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, La Spezia 48: Hong Kong leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, La Spezia 70: Hong Kong leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, La Spezia 35: Hong Kong leads by 53 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, La Spezia 50: La Spezia leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, La Spezia 28: Hong Kong leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, La Spezia 32: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and La Spezia.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and nightlife with your weighting.

La Spezia
51match

Wins on prices and day trips 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

La Spezia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
20 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

La Spezia's temperatures are measured 65 km from the centre, at Pisa / S. Giusto.

La Spezia 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). La Spezia: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (64.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongLa Spezia
Official languageStandard ChineseItalian
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m3 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)65 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongLa Spezia
City population7,413,07092,119
People per km²-1,792
Museums within 10 km3912
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months4 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.