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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
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Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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. Barcelona 75, Hobart 30: Barcelona leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Hobart 60: Barcelona leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Hobart 56: Barcelona leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Hobart 30: Barcelona leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Hobart 60: Barcelona leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Hobart 56: Barcelona leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Hobart 45: Barcelona leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Hobart 38: Barcelona leads by 37 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Hobart 35: Barcelona leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Hobart 45: Barcelona leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Hobart.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaHobart
Official languageSpanishEnglish
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
Elevation9 m54 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaHobart
City population1,731,649197,451
People per km²17,094116
Museums within 10 km958
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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.