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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License.

Hong Kong or Madrid?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Madrid for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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, Madrid 5: Hong Kong leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Madrid 80: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Madrid 86: Madrid leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Madrid 85: Madrid leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Madrid 60: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Madrid 89: Madrid leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Madrid 68: Hong Kong leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Madrid 84: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Madrid 75: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Madrid 50: Madrid leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Madrid 77: Madrid leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Madrid 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 Madrid.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hong Kong
67match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Madrid
66match

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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 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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Hong KongMadrid

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongMadrid
Official languageStandard ChineseSpanish
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 m663 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongMadrid
City population7,413,0703,506,730
People per km²-5,801
Museums within 10 km3988
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.