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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Hong Kong or Osaka?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Osaka for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Hong Kong leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Osaka 58: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Osaka 90: Hong Kong leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Osaka 80: Hong Kong leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Osaka 60: Osaka leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Osaka.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
67match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on prices and day trips 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongOsaka
Official languageStandard ChineseJapanese
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+9
Emergency number999Police 110, fire 119
Elevation7 m20 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongOsaka
City population7,413,0702,751,862
People per km²-12,340
Museums within 10 km3944
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km06
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.