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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Nairobi?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Nairobi for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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, Nairobi 4: Hong Kong leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Nairobi 48: Hong Kong leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Nairobi 35: Hong Kong leads by 25 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Nairobi 58: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Nairobi 84: Nairobi leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Nairobi 28: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Nairobi 55: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Nairobi 20: Hong Kong leads by 77 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Nairobi 45: Hong Kong leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Nairobi 60: Nairobi leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Nairobi 35: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Nairobi 25: Hong Kong leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Nairobi.

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.

Nairobi
41match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongNairobi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongNairobi
Official languageStandard ChineseEnglish, Swahili
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Kenyan Shilling (KES)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+3
Emergency number999Police 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999
Elevation7 m1,661 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongNairobi
City population7,413,0705,545,000
People per km²-7,967
Museums within 10 km394
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
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.