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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Athens 70, Hobart 30: Athens leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Hobart 60: Athens leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Hobart 56: Athens leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Hobart 30: Athens leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Hobart 60: Athens leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Hobart 56: Athens leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Hobart 45: Athens leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Hobart 38: Athens leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Hobart 35: Athens leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Hobart 45: Athens leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 42, Hobart 40: Athens leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Hobart.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensHobart
Official languageGreekEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation74 m54 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAthensHobart
City population643,452197,451
People per km²16,499116
Museums within 10 km888
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.