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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The cathedral and the Leaning Tower, Pisa
PisaThe cathedral and the Leaning Tower

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Pisa by Bruno Kraler, Pexels License.

Hong Kong or Pisa?

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
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Pisa for

  • prices
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Pisa’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, Pisa 58: Pisa leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Pisa 55: Hong Kong leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Pisa 68: Pisa leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Pisa 40: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Pisa 62: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Pisa 92: Pisa leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Pisa 52: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Pisa 76: Hong Kong leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Pisa 38: Hong Kong leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Pisa 55: Pisa leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Pisa 38: Hong Kong leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Pisa 45: Pisa 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 Pisa.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Pisa
57match

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

Pisa in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongPisa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Pisa: 1991-2020 normals, Pisa / S. Giusto (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongPisa
Official languageStandard ChineseItalian
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m4 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsPisa International Airport (PSA)4 km from centre82 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongPisa
City population7,413,07088,737
People per km²-479
Museums within 10 km3927
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months4 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. 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.