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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Hobart for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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. Calgary 8, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Hobart 30: Calgary leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Hobart 85: Calgary leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Hobart 56: Calgary leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Hobart 38: Calgary leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Hobart 35: Calgary leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Hobart 45: Calgary leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Hobart 40: Calgary leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Hobart.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Calgary
46match

Wins on families and nightlife with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryHobart
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number911000
Elevation1,045 m54 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCalgaryHobart
City population1,306,784197,451
People per km²1,583116
Museums within 10 km138
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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.