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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Tel Aviv?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Tel Aviv 80: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Tel Aviv 57: Hong Kong leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Tel Aviv 52: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Tel Aviv 84: Tel Aviv leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Tel Aviv 68: Hong Kong leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Tel Aviv 64: Hong Kong leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Tel Aviv 55: Hong Kong leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Tel Aviv 14: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Tel Aviv 35: Hong Kong leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Tel Aviv.

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.

Tel Aviv
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongTel Aviv

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongTel Aviv
Official languageStandard ChineseHebrew
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number999Police 100, fire 102
Elevation7 m5 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongTel Aviv
City population7,413,070467,875
People per km²-8,998
Museums within 10 km3998
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months7 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.