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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
St. Petersburg, Florida

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

Hong Kong or St. Petersburg, Florida?

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 St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’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, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Hong Kong leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Hong Kong leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: Hong Kong leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: Hong Kong leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Hong Kong leads by 64 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Hong Kong leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, St. Petersburg, Florida 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 St. Petersburg, Florida.

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.

St. Petersburg, Florida
50match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongSt. Petersburg, Florida

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageStandard Chinese-
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number999911
Elevation7 m134 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population7,413,070258,308
People per km²-725
Museums within 10 km3913
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months8 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.