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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière, Lyon
LyonThe Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Lyon by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Lyon?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Lyon for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Lyon’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, Lyon 12: Hong Kong leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Lyon 84: Hong Kong leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Lyon 58: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Lyon 64: Hong Kong leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Lyon 77: Lyon leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Lyon 62: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Lyon 77: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Lyon 58: Hong Kong leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Lyon 42: Lyon leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Lyon 68: Lyon leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Lyon 40: Hong Kong 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 Lyon.

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.

Lyon
60match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Lyon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
66 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Lyon: 1991-2020 normals, Lyon / Bron (10.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongLyon
Official languageStandard ChineseFrench
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m160 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsLyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS)20 km from centre141 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongLyon
City population7,413,070519,127
People per km²-10,838
Museums within 10 km3943
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.