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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Hong Kong or Mexico City?

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
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Mexico City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Hong Kong leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong and Mexico City are level on 90.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Mexico City 50: Hong Kong leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Mexico City 58: Hong Kong leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Mexico City 50: Hong Kong leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Mexico City 76: Hong Kong leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Mexico City 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 Mexico City.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Mexico City
63match

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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongMexico City
Official languageStandard ChineseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-6
Emergency number999911
Elevation7 m2,240 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongMexico City
City population7,413,0709,209,944
People per km²-6,202
Museums within 10 km39108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
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. 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.