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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Hong Kong or Paris?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Paris for

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Hong Kong leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Paris 96: Paris leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Paris 97: Paris leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Paris 80: Paris leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Paris 52: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Paris 92: Paris leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Paris 79: Paris leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Paris 88: Hong Kong leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Paris 98: Paris leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Paris 25: Hong Kong leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Paris 88: Paris leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Paris 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 Paris.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
67match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongParis
Official languageStandard ChineseFrench
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m27 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongParis
City population7,413,0702,103,778
People per km²-19,960
Museums within 10 km39251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.