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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Hong Kong or Valletta?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Valletta for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Valletta 55: Hong Kong leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Valletta 46: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Valletta 56: Hong Kong leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Valletta 58: Hong Kong leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Valletta 62: Hong Kong leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Valletta 38: Hong Kong leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Valletta 44: Hong Kong leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Valletta 32: Hong Kong leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Valletta.

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.

Valletta
55match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongValletta
Official languageStandard ChineseEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m56 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongValletta
City population7,413,0705,197
People per km²-6,496
Museums within 10 km3916
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months6 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.