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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Alta, Utah or Hobart?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Alta, Utah for

  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Hobart for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Alta, Utah 3, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 27 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 45 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Hobart 85: Alta, Utah leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Hobart 38: Hobart leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Hobart 35: Hobart leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Hobart.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Hobart
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahHobart
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number911000
Elevation2,610 m54 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahHobart
City population228197,451
People per km²19116
Museums within 10 km08
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.