Overall score
Hong Kong is most informative for users comparing transit reach, services, and digital infrastructure against high housing pressure and humid-tropical climate exposure.
Overall84/100
Affordability50/100
Air quality70/100
Energy78/100
Hong Kong / East Asia
Hong Kong City Intelligence
Hong Kong is a vertical, transit-first global city known for deep financial services, dense daily life, and strong cross-cultural connectivity. Hong Kong is a east asia city of about 7.5M metro in Hong Kong. On the composite city-intelligence score, Hong Kong sits comfortably above the indexed median (84/100).
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- 7.5M metro
Image credit: Image: LungSanLau / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Visual context
Additional verified imagery for Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Each photo is sourced from Wikimedia Commons with full attribution and a permissive license.
Victoria Harbour
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Overall city intelligence
Strong84/100
Strong transit reach and services with housing pressure and humid-tropical exposure to manage.
Transit dependency
Very high
One of the world's most transit-dependent urban systems.
Housing pressure
Very high
Housing prices and rents are the main resident well-being constraint.
Hong Kong data table
The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.
| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 84/100 | Composite score across major city intelligence modules. |
| Cost of Living | 50/100 | Hong Kong is among the most expensive global cities on housing, with very strong transit and services partly offsetting daily costs. |
| Air Quality | 70/100 | Hong Kong's air-quality profile is improving with policy attention, while particulate and ozone exposure remain key health signals. |
| Energy | 78/100 | Hong Kong has solid grid resilience and strong engineering capacity, with transition shaped by import dependence and cooling demand. |
| Safety | 88/100 | Hong Kong scores high on safety with low violent-crime context and reliable institutional response across the metro. |
| Internet Speed | 92/100 | Hong Kong has very fast fiber broadband and dense mobile coverage, supporting global financial services and remote work. |
| Climate Risk | 64/100 | Hong Kong faces meaningful climate exposure from typhoons, heat, and coastal pressure, balanced by strong engineering capacity. |
| Resilience | 84/100 | Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context. |
Safety
Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.
Safety
Overall safety80/100
Low crime83/100
Personal safety83/100
Night safety74/100
Road safety79/100
Hong Kong ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (80/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.
Quality of Life
A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.
Quality of Life
Quality of life78/100
Healthcare86/100
Education91/100
Green space46/100
Cleanliness82/100
Infrastructure98/100
Mobility83/100
Hong Kong has a high quality-of-life estimate (78/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, public transport, cleanliness and infrastructure.
Family Friendliness
How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.
Family Friendliness
Family friendliness76/100
Education91/100
Green space46/100
Overall safety80/100
Hong Kong scores high for family living (76/100), helped by education access, safety and healthcare.
Digital Nomad Suitability
Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.
Digital Nomad Suitability
Digital nomad suitability79/100
Walkability100/100
Cycling64/100
Infrastructure98/100
Hong Kong is high for remote workers (79/100), based on connectivity, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.
Retirement Suitability
Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.
Retirement Suitability
Retirement suitability71/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness82/100
Outdoor lifestyle20/100
Hong Kong is high for retirement (71/100), appealing for healthcare access and a clean environment.
Emergency and public safety in Hong Kong
Local public safety guidance for Hong Kong, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.
For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Hong Kong, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Hong Kong emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.
Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.
Healthcare and hospitals in Hong Kong
Healthcare context for Hong Kong, with national-level information from Hong Kong where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.
For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Hong Kong, see the Hong Kong healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.
Transport and mobility in Hong Kong
Local mobility context for Hong Kong, with national-level context from Hong Kong where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.
For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Hong Kong, see the Hong Kong transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.
Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.
Air quality dataset
Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Hong Kong. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.
Air quality dataset for Hong Kong
Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025
Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location
Source-attributed values for Hong Kong will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.
| Metric | Value | Data year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air quality | Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location. | ||
Data provenance
Source attributionGlobal City Intelligence — air-quality dataset
Verified data unavailable- Publisher
- Global City Intelligence
- Last verified
- 2026-05-16
The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).
Methodology and context
Numeric measurements appear in this section only after they are sourced from accepted official publishers. The dataset is independently validated at build time; malformed records cannot ship to production.
- Scoring methodology — how indicators across the platform are constructed.
- Data sources registry — the official sources cited by verified datasets.
- Open the Hong Kong air-quality module
- Browse the clean-air city collection
Related comparisons
Pairs that share a city, comparison intent, or region — useful for users planning a wider relocation, remote-work, or business decision.
Hong Kong in city collections
Curated city collections that include Hong Kong. Each is a comparison-oriented shortlist, not an official ranking.
Best Cities for Public Transport: Mobility-Focused City Collection
Public transport — A mobility-focused city collection comparing cities with useful public-transport context and verified transport or mobility profiles where available.
Explore Hong Kong modules
City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.
Cost of Living in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is among the most expensive global cities on housing, with very strong transit and services partly offsetting daily costs.
Air Quality in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's air-quality profile is improving with policy attention, while particulate and ozone exposure remain key health signals.
Energy in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has solid grid resilience and strong engineering capacity, with transition shaped by import dependence and cooling demand.
Safety in Hong Kong
Hong Kong scores high on safety with low violent-crime context and reliable institutional response across the metro.
Internet Speed in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has very fast fiber broadband and dense mobile coverage, supporting global financial services and remote work.
Climate Risk in Hong Kong
Hong Kong faces meaningful climate exposure from typhoons, heat, and coastal pressure, balanced by strong engineering capacity.
City rankings
Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.
Cost of living in Hong Kong
Cost of living estimates for Hong Kong — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.
Climate in Hong Kong
Climate profile for Hong Kong — Tropical climate, annual average 24.7°C, comfort score 53/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.
Economy and jobs in Hong Kong
Economy and jobs profile for Hong Kong — major economy, economy score 80/100, key industries including technology, research, telecommunications. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.
Universities and education in Hong Kong
Education profile for Hong Kong — student city, education score 75/100, 7 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.
Healthcare and retirement in Hong Kong
Healthcare and retirement profile for Hong Kong — major healthcare center, healthcare score 73/100, retirement score 66/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.
Arrival planning guide for Hong Kong
Practical arrival planning context for Hong Kong — links into transport, public-safety, healthcare, budgeting tools, and methodology. Not an official airport or travel instruction service.
Estimate a monthly budget for Hong Kong
Estimate a monthly budget for Hong Kong using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.
Plan a trip budget for Hong Kong
Plan a trip budget for Hong Kong using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.
Nearby cities from Hong Kong
Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Hong Kong. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.
Shenzhen, China
Cross-border · about 31 km from Hong Kong. Explore Shenzhen's city intelligence profile.
Guangzhou, China
Cross-border · about 132 km from Hong Kong. Explore Guangzhou's city intelligence profile.
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Cross-border · about 631 km from Hong Kong. Explore Kaohsiung's city intelligence profile.
Taipei, Taiwan
Cross-border · about 812 km from Hong Kong. Explore Taipei's city intelligence profile.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Cross-border · about 872 km from Hong Kong. Explore Hanoi's city intelligence profile.
Interpretation
Hong Kong is most informative for users comparing transit reach, services, and digital infrastructure against high housing pressure and humid-tropical climate exposure. Its standout dimensions are internet speed (92/100) and safety (88/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (50/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.
Country context is available on the Hong Kong country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Hong Kong appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.
Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.
Sources
4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
- World Health Organization: WHO Global Air Quality Guidelines
Used to normalize air-quality indicators toward health-protective benchmarks.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.