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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Hong Kong or Vienna?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Hong Kong leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Vienna 68: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Vienna 50: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Vienna 62: Hong Kong leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Vienna 90: Hong Kong leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Vienna 62: Hong Kong leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 41 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Vienna.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hong Kong
67match

Wins on shopping and beaches with your weighting.

Vienna
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Hong KongVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongVienna
Official languageStandard ChineseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m151 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongVienna
City population7,413,0702,028,289
People per km²-4,890
Museums within 10 km39152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km03
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.