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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hong Kong or Zurich?

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

  • food and drink
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Zurich for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Hong Kong leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Zurich 53: Hong Kong leads by 37 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Zurich 58: Hong Kong leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Zurich 62: Hong Kong leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong and Zurich are level on 80.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Zurich 95: Hong Kong leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Zurich 66: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Zurich 3: Hong Kong leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Zurich 58: Zurich 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 Zurich.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on food and drink and prices with your weighting.

Zurich
63match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongZurich
Official languageStandard ChineseFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number999112
Elevation7 m408 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongZurich
City population7,413,070440,935
People per km²-5,016
Museums within 10 km3963
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.