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The pastel houses of Rainbow Row, Charleston
CharlestonThe pastel houses of Rainbow Row
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

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

Charleston 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 Charleston for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • nightlife

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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. Charleston 72, Hobart 30: Charleston leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Charleston 72, Hobart 60: Charleston leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Charleston 64, Hobart 56: Charleston leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Charleston 44, Hobart 30: Charleston leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Charleston 55, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Charleston 62, Hobart 60: Charleston leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Charleston 60, Hobart 56: Charleston leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Charleston 46, Hobart 45: Charleston leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Charleston 55, Hobart 38: Charleston leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Charleston 27, Hobart 35: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Charleston 42, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Charleston and Hobart are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Charleston and Hobart.

Your match

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

Charleston
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and shopping 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.

Charleston in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
167 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 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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CharlestonHobart

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Charleston: 1991-2020 normals, Charleston Airport (16.1 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCharlestonHobart
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
Elevation6 m54 m
Main airportCharleston International Airport (CHS)16 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCharlestonHobart
City population150,227197,451
People per km²532116
Museums within 10 km198
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C6 monthsNone

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). 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.