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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Positano?

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
  • food and drink
  • families

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

Choose Positano for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Positano’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, Positano 77: Positano leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Positano 40: Hong Kong leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Positano 22: Hong Kong leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Positano 22: Hong Kong leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong and Positano are level on 80.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Positano 88: Positano leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Positano 28: Hong Kong leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Positano 35: Hong Kong leads by 62 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Positano 45: Hong Kong leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Positano 10: Hong Kong leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Positano 15: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Positano 45: Positano 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 Positano.

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 food and drink with your weighting.

Positano
42match

Wins on beaches 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

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongPositano
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 m142 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongPositano
City population7,413,0703,729
People per km²-429
Museums within 10 km3910
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km05
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months5 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.