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The cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine, Cologne
CologneThe cathedral and Great St. Martin on the Rhine
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Cologne by Jörg Braukmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Cologne 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 Cologne for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Hobart for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • 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. Cologne 14, Hobart 30: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Cologne 52, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cologne 67, Hobart 56: Cologne leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Cologne 66, Hobart 30: Cologne leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cologne 56, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Cologne 80, Hobart 60: Cologne leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Cologne 70, Hobart 56: Cologne leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Cologne 74, Hobart 45: Cologne leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Cologne 57, Hobart 38: Cologne leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Cologne 46, Hobart 35: Cologne leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cologne 68, Hobart 45: Cologne leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cologne 50, Hobart 40: Cologne leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cologne and Hobart.

Your match

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

Cologne
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Cologne in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
81 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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. Cologne: 1991-2020 normals, Köln-Stammheim (5.4 km from centre). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCologneHobart
Official languageGermanEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation59 m54 m
Main airportCologne Bonn Airport (CGN)15 km from centre115 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCologneHobart
City population1,025,523197,451
People per km²2,532116
Museums within 10 km408
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.