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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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. Austin and Hobart are level on 30.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Hobart 60: Austin leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Hobart 30: Austin leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Hobart 38: Austin leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Hobart 35: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Hobart 45: Austin leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin and Hobart are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Hobart.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Austin
50match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinHobart
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number911000
Elevation149 m54 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinHobart
City population961,855197,451
People per km²1,217116
Museums within 10 km218
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). 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. 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.