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The Forbidden City, Beijing
BeijingThe Forbidden City
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Beijing by BI ravencrow, Pexels License; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Beijing 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 Beijing for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • prices

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Beijing 6, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Beijing 81, Hobart 60: Beijing leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Beijing 93, Hobart 56: Beijing leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Beijing 58, Hobart 30: Beijing leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Beijing 60, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Beijing 85, Hobart 60: Beijing leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Beijing 64, Hobart 56: Beijing leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Beijing 69, Hobart 45: Beijing leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Beijing 72, Hobart 38: Beijing leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Beijing 68, Hobart 35: Beijing leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Beijing 68, Hobart 45: Beijing leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Beijing 55, Hobart 40: Beijing leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Beijing and Hobart.

Your match

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

Beijing
Best match
65match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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.

Beijing in July

32 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
163 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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BeijingHobart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Beijing: 1991-2020 normals, Beijing (11.1 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBeijingHobart
Official languagePutonghuaEnglish
CurrencyYuan Renminbi (CNY)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsACI220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 110, ambulance 120, fire 119000
Elevation43 m54 m
Main airportBeijing Capital International Airport (PEK)25 km from centre104 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year6 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBeijingHobart
City population21,893,095197,451
People per km²1,334116
Museums within 10 km838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61
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.