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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Hong Kong or Valparaiso?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Hong Kong leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Valparaiso 50: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Valparaiso 56: Hong Kong leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Valparaiso 60: Hong Kong leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Valparaiso 63: Hong Kong leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Valparaiso 33: Hong Kong leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Valparaiso 44: Hong Kong leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Valparaiso 30: Hong Kong leads by 58 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Valparaiso 38: Hong Kong leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Valparaiso 18: Hong Kong leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Valparaiso.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Valparaiso
46match

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongValparaiso
Official languageStandard ChineseSpanish
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number999Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation7 m21 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongValparaiso
City population7,413,070296,655
People per km²-6,180
Museums within 10 km3917
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.