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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Neues Schloss with magnolias in bloom, Stuttgart
StuttgartNeues Schloss with magnolias in bloom

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Stuttgart by Baden de, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Stuttgart?

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 Stuttgart for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Stuttgart’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, Stuttgart 8: Hong Kong leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Stuttgart 58: Hong Kong leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Stuttgart 62: Stuttgart leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Stuttgart 42: Hong Kong leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Stuttgart 60: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Stuttgart 80: Stuttgart leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Stuttgart 66: Hong Kong leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Stuttgart 72: Hong Kong leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Stuttgart 58: Hong Kong leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Stuttgart 40: Stuttgart leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Stuttgart 74: Stuttgart leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Stuttgart 64: Stuttgart leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Stuttgart.

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.

Stuttgart
57match

Wins on wellness and live music and the arts 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

Stuttgart in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
79 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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Hong KongStuttgart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Stuttgart: 1991-2020 normals, Stuttgart / Neckartal (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongStuttgart
Official languageStandard ChineseGerman
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m245 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsStuttgart Airport (STR)10 km from centre124 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongStuttgart
City population7,413,070609,365
People per km²-2,938
Museums within 10 km3942
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.