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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
Castle Square and the Royal Castle, Warsaw
WarsawCastle Square and the Royal Castle

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Warsaw by Raymond Petrik, Pexels License.

Hong Kong or Warsaw?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Warsaw for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Warsaw’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, Warsaw 12: Hong Kong leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Warsaw 60: Hong Kong leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Warsaw 70: Warsaw leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Warsaw 66: Hong Kong leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Warsaw 47: Hong Kong leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Warsaw 52: Hong Kong leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Warsaw 62: Hong Kong leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Warsaw 72: Hong Kong leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Warsaw 55: Hong Kong leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Warsaw 64: Warsaw leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Warsaw 63: Warsaw leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Warsaw 35: Hong Kong leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Warsaw.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Warsaw
55match

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

Warsaw in July

25 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
11 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 KongWarsaw

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Warsaw: 1991-2020 normals, Warszawa-Okecie (7.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongWarsaw
Official languageStandard ChinesePolish
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m118 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsWarsaw Chopin Airport (WAW)8 km from centre172 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongWarsaw
City population7,413,0701,862,402
People per km²-3,601
Museums within 10 km39117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.