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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License.

Hong Kong or Lisbon?

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 Lisbon for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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 and Lisbon are level on 50.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Lisbon 75: Hong Kong leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Lisbon 78: Lisbon leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Lisbon 75: Lisbon leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Lisbon 75: Hong Kong leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Lisbon 82: Lisbon leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Lisbon 62: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Lisbon 66: Hong Kong leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Lisbon 60: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Lisbon 55: Lisbon leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Lisbon 60: Lisbon leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Lisbon 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 Lisbon.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hong Kong
67match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

Lisbon
65match

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

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongLisbon
Official languageStandard ChinesePortuguese
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m100 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongLisbon
City population7,413,070545,796
People per km²-5,453
Museums within 10 km3980
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 monthsNone

Where else could you go?

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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.