Asia · Eastern Asia
Hong Kong
One city in the atlas · one airport with scheduled flights
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- Capital
- Hong Kong
- Currency
- HKD
- Hong Kong Dollar
- Local time
- Hong Kong Standard TimeUTC+08:00
- Calling code
- +852
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type G
Facts
Hong Kong in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Hong Kong
- Currency
- Hong Kong Dollar HKDToday's indicative rate: HKD 1 ≈ USD 0.127Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: Chinese and EnglishSpoken: Chinese, Cantonese and English
- Time zones
- Hong Kong Standard TimeUTC+08:00
- Calling code
- +852
- Driving
- On the left
- Plugs
- Type G220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 999general emergencyAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 7,498,900 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 1,092 km²
- Internet domain
- .hk
- Land borders
- None: an island or a coastal territory with no land border recorded
When to go
Climate across Hong Kong
On these averages, Hong Kong has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in October to April.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
On the map
Where Hong Kong is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
None: an island or a coastal territory with no land border recorded
Cities
Cities in Hong Kong
The one place in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Airports
Airports in Hong Kong
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
Guides
Our guides in Hong Kong
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Hong Kong
Tell us where in Hong Kong, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.