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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Maastricht?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Hong Kong leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Maastricht 58: Hong Kong leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong and Maastricht are level on 60.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Maastricht 42: Hong Kong leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Maastricht 58: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Maastricht 55: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Maastricht 74: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Maastricht 60: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Maastricht 38: Maastricht leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Maastricht 40: Hong Kong leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Maastricht 52: Maastricht 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 Maastricht.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Maastricht
52match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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 KongMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongMaastricht
Official languageStandard ChineseDutch
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m49 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongMaastricht
City population7,413,070120,227
People per km²-2,000
Museums within 10 km3921
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.