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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness
  • 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. Bilbao 45, Hobart 30: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Hobart 60: Bilbao leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Hobart 56: Bilbao leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Hobart 30: Bilbao leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Hobart 60: Bilbao leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Hobart 45: Bilbao leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Hobart 38: Bilbao leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Hobart 35: Bilbao leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Hobart 45: Bilbao leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Hobart.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoHobart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoHobart
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
Elevation19 m54 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoHobart
City population351,124197,451
People per km²8,440116
Museums within 10 km178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 monthNone

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.