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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors

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. Bordeaux 50, Hobart 30: Bordeaux leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Hobart 60: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Hobart 56: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Hobart 30: Bordeaux leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Hobart 60: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Hobart 56: Bordeaux leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Hobart 45: Bordeaux leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Hobart 38: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Hobart 35: Bordeaux leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Hobart 45: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux and Hobart are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Hobart.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 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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BordeauxHobart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxHobart
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation1 m54 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxHobart
City population267,991197,451
People per km²5,425116
Museums within 10 km188
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
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.