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The Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse, Baden-Baden
Baden-BadenThe Friedrichsbad, the historic bathhouse
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Baden-Baden by Kent Wang, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Baden-Baden 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 Baden-Baden for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Hobart for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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. Baden-Baden 8, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Baden-Baden 45, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Baden-Baden 52, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Baden-Baden 15, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Baden-Baden 70, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Baden-Baden 78, Hobart 60: Baden-Baden leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Baden-Baden 50, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Baden-Baden 62, Hobart 45: Baden-Baden leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Baden-Baden and Hobart are level on 38.
Affordability. Baden-Baden 30, Hobart 35: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Baden-Baden 58, Hobart 45: Baden-Baden leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Baden-Baden 96, Hobart 40: Baden-Baden leads by 56 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Baden-Baden 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

Baden-Baden
50match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on beaches 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.

Baden-Baden in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
117 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Baden-Baden: 1991-2020 normals, Baden-Baden-Geroldsau (3.9 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBaden-BadenHobart
Official languageGermanEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation181 m54 m
Main airportKarlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)12 km from centre43 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBaden-BadenHobart
City population56,952197,451
People per km²406116
Museums within 10 km118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.