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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Bologna 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 Bologna for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Bologna and Hobart are level on 30.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Hobart 60: Bologna leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Hobart 56: Bologna leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Hobart 30: Bologna leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Hobart 60: Bologna leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Hobart 45: Bologna leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Hobart 38: Bologna leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Hobart 35: Bologna leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Hobart 45: Bologna leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna and Hobart are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Hobart.

Your match

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

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 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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Where the figures come from

Bologna has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaHobart
Official languageItalianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation54 m54 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaHobart
City population387,971197,451
People per km²2,754116
Museums within 10 km688
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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.