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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Prague?

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
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Prague for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Prague 50: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Prague 83: Prague leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Prague 65: Hong Kong leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Prague 58: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Prague 77: Prague leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Prague 50: Hong Kong leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Prague 83: Hong Kong leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Prague 50: Hong Kong leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Prague 62: Prague leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Prague 76: Prague leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Prague 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 Prague.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

Prague
59match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongPrague
Official languageStandard ChineseCzech
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m235 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongPrague
City population7,413,0701,397,880
People per km²-2,817
Museums within 10 km3988
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.