City Comparison
Compare two incredible cities side by side โ culture, food, local tips, and immersive 4K virtual walks.
Country
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong
China
๐จ๐ณ Chongqing
China
Continent
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong
Asia
๐จ๐ณ Chongqing
Asia
Best Season
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong
Autumn (OctโDecember) โ cool and dry
๐จ๐ณ Chongqing
MarchโMay or SeptemberโNovember โ Chongqing is called 'Fog Capital' (้พ้ฝ) and 'Furnace City' (็ซ็) for its extreme summer heat (often 40ยฐC+) and winter fog
Currency
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong
Hong Kong Dollar (HK$)
๐จ๐ณ Chongqing
Chinese Yuan / Renminbi (CNY ยฅ)
Greeting
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong
ไฝ ๅฅฝ (Nei hou) in Cantonese
๐จ๐ณ Chongqing
ไฝ ๅฅฝ (Nว hวo); Chongqing dialect (Chongqinghua) โ a Southwestern Mandarin variant, closer to Sichuan dialect
Use an Octopus card for all transit. The Star Ferry across Victoria Harbour is one of the world's great commutes for HK$3.
Chongqing is built vertically on hills between the Yangtze and Jialing rivers โ there are no bicycles here because the city has no flat ground. The Hongyadong 'hanging house' complex at night, reflected in the Jialing River, is the most dramatic urban spectacle in China. For the Ciqikou experience, arrive before 10 am โ by noon it's wall-to-wall tour groups.
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong Fun Fact
Hong Kong has one of the world's highest concentrations of skyscrapers โ over 550 buildings taller than 150m.
๐จ๐ณ Chongqing Fun Fact
Chongqing is technically the world's largest city by administrative area โ its municipality covers 82,400 kmยฒ, roughly the size of Austria. The Three Gorges Dam project displaced over 1 million Chongqing residents in the early 2000s. The city's unique vertical topography means some metro stations have exits 7 floors apart, and the Liziba station passes directly through a residential skyscraper.
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