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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Salvador?

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
  • families

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

Choose Salvador for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Salvador 66: Hong Kong leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Salvador 52: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Salvador 56: Hong Kong leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Salvador 42: Hong Kong leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Salvador 42: Hong Kong leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Salvador 42: Hong Kong leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Salvador 32: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Salvador.

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.

Salvador
58match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongSalvador

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongSalvador
Official languageStandard ChinesePortuguese
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency number999Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation7 m8 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongSalvador
City population7,413,0702,417,678
People per km²-3,489
Museums within 10 km3949
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.