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
- 2026-05-05
- Data year
- 2025
- Population
- 7.5M metro
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
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| 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. |
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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.
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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 2026-05-05. 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.
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Sources
4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Mock values are typed and ready to be replaced by API-backed city datasets without changing route structure.
- 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.