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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Quebec City?

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
  • shopping
  • food and drink

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Hong Kong leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Quebec City 57: Hong Kong leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Quebec City 42: Hong Kong leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Quebec City 79: Hong Kong leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Quebec City 58: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Quebec City 64: Hong Kong leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Quebec City 50: Hong Kong leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Quebec City 45: Hong Kong leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Quebec City 52: Hong Kong leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Quebec City.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 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 KongQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongQuebec City
Official languageStandard ChineseFrench, English
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number999911
Elevation7 m98 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongQuebec City
City population7,413,070574,482
People per km²-1,184
Museums within 10 km3916
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. 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.