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Wat Pho, Bangkok
BangkokWat Pho
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • shopping

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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. Bangkok 12, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Hobart 60: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Hobart 56: Bangkok leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Hobart 30: Bangkok leads by 55 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 60 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Hobart 60: Bangkok leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Hobart 45: Bangkok leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Hobart 38: Bangkok leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Hobart 35: Bangkok leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Hobart 45: Bangkok leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Hobart 40: Bangkok leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Hobart.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokHobart
Official languageThaiEnglish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199000
Elevation2 m54 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokHobart
City population5,676,648197,451
People per km²3,619116
Museums within 10 km598
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.