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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Portland?

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
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Portland for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Hong Kong leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Portland 68: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Portland 38: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Portland 52: Hong Kong leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Portland 84: Portland leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Portland 58: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Portland 55: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Portland 62: Hong Kong leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Portland 52: Hong Kong leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Portland 38: Portland leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong and Portland are level on 55.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong and Portland are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Portland.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Portland
52match

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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongPortland
Official languageStandard Chinese-
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number999911
Elevation7 m152 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongPortland
City population7,413,070652,503
People per km²-1,736
Museums within 10 km3917
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 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.