Insider tip -HK Observatory Cams at Victoria Peak

21 Feb

Check cams prior to visiting Victoria Peak Hong Kong

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Insider tip - The HK Observatory Cams at Victoria Peak

Check cams prior to visiting Victoria Peak Hong Kong

A typical variable weather day at Victoria Peak Hong Kong, cloudy and rainy in the morning, sunny by the afternoon

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Sunny day at Victoria Peak

Cloudy day at Victoria Peak

Foggy day at Victoria Peak

Stormy day at Victoria Peak

4 types of weather typically occurring at Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, from left to right | Sunny, Cloudy, Foggy and Stormy

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Victoria Peak is Hong Kong’s most popular place to visit getting anywhere from 7 - 10 million + visitors every year but Hong Kong is not sunny 365 days a year, we have 4 quite distinct seasons and variable weather. (see above) and there are days when it is just a waste of time to visit the Peak because it is fogged in or it just rains non stop.

On foggy and stormy days you might think it is a waste of time to go to the Peak, that is an incorrect assumption as the weather can change rapidly within the space of a couple of hours (see images and time stamps below) and it would be a shame if you missed it out on seeing the greatest panoramic city view in the world.

Having been up there over 6,000+ times since 1972 I know a little bit about the Peak and weather patterns.

The vast majority of people who visit Victoria Peak spend a lot of money on the Peak Tram and then the Peak Tower Sky Terrace 428 for the view and have no information really to determine if they will actually see the world famous view.

The Peak Tram Company who owns and operates the Peak Tower as well would prefer you not to know that you are wasting time and money going there in foggy or stormy weather, they actually have links to these cams on the FAQ page on their website, tucked away at the very bottom of the page and trust me, the links are very hard to find.

The absolutely best place to see the panoramic view at the Lugard Road Lookout, it is quite interesting and not commonly known that the location of the Peak Tower, the Lions Pavilion and the Peak Galleria (the 3 most popular places to see the view) which are all a minutes walk from each other sit in what I can best describe as a hollow, so when it is foggy and stormy the clouds seem to stick there and dissipate very slowly whereas the Lugard Road Lookout is NOT in this hollow and the cloud cover can disappear quite quickly.

Hong Kong Observatory Victoria Peak Cams

Observatory Weather Cam | Victoria Peak Views looking towards the east:

https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/wxinfo/ts/webcam/VPA_photo.htm

Observatory Weather Cam | Victoria Peak Views looking towards the north-northeast:

https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/wxinfo/ts/webcam/VPB_photo.htm

They have 2 cams taken from different locations, links stated above or click on the yellow buttons below

I recorded the 4 images below on 21st February just a couple of hours apart and you can clearly see a visible difference and a few hours later they had gotten better again, if it is so foggy like the images on the left then you might want to delay going up there but at least now you have a reliable way of checking the weather at Victoria Peak

https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/wxinfo/ts/webcam/VPA_photo.htm

https://www.hko.gov.hk/en/wxinfo/ts/webcam/VPB_photo.htm

Observatory Weather Cam | Victoria Peak Views looking towards the east:

Observatory Weather Cam | Victoria Peak Views looking towards the north-northeast:

click on the image to enlarge | click on the links above for the weather cams

Let us hope that on your visit to Victoria Peak in Hong Kong you get the sort of weather as seen in the image below but if you are in Hong Kong for a day or two it is like spinning a roulette wheel when it comes to the weather and I must stress that it can go from stormy to blue skies in a matter of hours.

The Hong Kong Observatory weather cams that cover Victoria Peak can be accessed on your phone at any time and new images are uploaded every 5 minutes, so use the information to plan and potentially save a lot of time and money on a wasted journey!

Learn more | Insider tip - Take Bus No. 15 from Central to Victoria Peak Hong Kong