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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Montevideo?

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

  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Montevideo 57: Hong Kong leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Montevideo 54: Hong Kong leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Montevideo 50: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Montevideo 34: Hong Kong leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Montevideo 55: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Montevideo 55: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Montevideo 54: Hong Kong leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Montevideo 36: Hong Kong leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Montevideo 42: Montevideo leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Montevideo 38: Hong Kong leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Montevideo.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

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

Montevideo
49match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongMontevideo
Official languageStandard Chinese-
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency number999911
Elevation7 m41 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongMontevideo
City population7,413,0701,302,954
People per km²-1,785
Museums within 10 km3936
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months4 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.