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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Boston 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 Boston for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • 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. Boston 35, Hobart 30: Boston leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Hobart 60: Boston leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Hobart 56: Boston leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Hobart 30: Boston leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Hobart 60: Boston leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Hobart 56: Boston leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Hobart 45: Boston leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Hobart 38: Boston leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Hobart 35: Hobart leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Hobart 45: Boston leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Hobart 40: Hobart leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Hobart.

Your match

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

Boston
Best match
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °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. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonHobart
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number911000
Elevation43 m54 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonHobart
City population675,647197,451
People per km²2,910116
Museums within 10 km518
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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). 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. 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.