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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The Basilica of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse
ToulouseThe Basilica of Saint-Sernin

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

Hong Kong or Toulouse?

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
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Toulouse for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Toulouse’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, Toulouse 10: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Toulouse 66: Hong Kong leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Toulouse 64: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Toulouse 56: Hong Kong leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Toulouse 58: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Toulouse 72: Toulouse leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Toulouse 62: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Toulouse 70: Hong Kong leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Toulouse 50: Hong Kong leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Toulouse 46: Toulouse leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Toulouse 58: Toulouse leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Toulouse 27: Hong Kong leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Toulouse.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Toulouse
53match

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

Toulouse in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
40 mmrain in the month
8 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 KongToulouse

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Toulouse: 1991-2020 normals, Toulouse / Blagnac (7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongToulouse
Official languageStandard ChineseFrench
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m115 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsToulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS)7 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongToulouse
City population7,413,070514,819
People per km²-4,352
Museums within 10 km3924
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.