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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Puente de San Martín over the Tagus, Toledo
ToledoPuente de San Martín over the Tagus

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toledo by Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Toledo?

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

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Toledo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Toledo’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, Toledo 5: Hong Kong leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Toledo 40: Hong Kong leads by 50 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Toledo 79: Toledo leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Toledo 22: Hong Kong leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Toledo 40: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Toledo 78: Toledo leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Toledo 45: Hong Kong leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Toledo 64: Hong Kong leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Toledo 32: Hong Kong leads by 56 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Toledo 58: Toledo leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Toledo 22: Hong Kong leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Toledo 30: Hong Kong leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Toledo.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Toledo
43match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Toledo in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
6 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongToledo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Toledo: 1991-2020 normals, Toledo (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongToledo
Official languageStandard ChineseSpanish
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 m523 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)80 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongToledo
City population7,413,07087,216
People per km²-376
Museums within 10 km3913
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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.