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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Hong Kong or Montego Bay?

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 Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Montego Bay 50: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Montego Bay 28: Hong Kong leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Montego Bay 42: Hong Kong leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Montego Bay 65: Hong Kong leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Montego Bay 50: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Montego Bay 48: Hong Kong leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Montego Bay 20: Hong Kong leads by 77 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Montego Bay 25: Hong Kong leads by 63 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Montego Bay 38: Montego Bay leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Montego Bay 32: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Montego Bay 45: Montego Bay leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Montego Bay.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

Wins on beaches 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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongMontego Bay
Official languageStandard ChineseEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5
Emergency number999Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation7 m19 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongMontego Bay
City population7,413,070123,994
Museums within 10 km390
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.