Hong Kong
City in Hong Kong: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Hong Kong is a city in Hong Kong. About 7.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Hong Kong in our atlas.
It lies at 22.28° N, 114.17° E, about 60 m (197 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Hong_Kong time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Hong Kong. Green dots: other major cities of Hong Kong. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Hong Kong has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 12°C (54°F). Around 1,400 mm (55 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in Hong KongNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1819729 (CC BY 4.0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- International Commerce Centre 200911: Baycrest, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- HK Bank of China Tower View: WiNG, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 中環廣場: Baycrest, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- High West and Victoria Peak from Victoria Gap (crop1): Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- HK Nina Tower 200803: WiNG, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hong Kong Museum of Art renovation site 201908: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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