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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Toronto?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Hong Kong leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Toronto 70: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Toronto 50: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Toronto 62: Hong Kong leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Toronto 52: Hong Kong leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Toronto 50: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Toronto 74: Hong Kong leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Toronto 65: Hong Kong leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Toronto 66: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Toronto 33: Hong Kong leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Toronto.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongToronto
Official languageStandard ChineseFrench, English
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number999911
Elevation7 m76 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongToronto
City population7,413,0702,794,356
People per km²-4,434
Museums within 10 km3932
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months1 month

Where else could you go?

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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.