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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

El Nido 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 El Nido for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Hobart for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • 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. El Nido 92, Hobart 30: El Nido leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. El Nido and Hobart are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Hobart 85: El Nido leads by 2 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 52 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Hobart 38: Hobart leads by 31 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Hobart 35: El Nido leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, Hobart 40: El Nido leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: El Nido and Hobart.

Your match

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

El Nido
36match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Hobart
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

El Nido in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
368 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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El NidoHobart

Where the figures come from

El Nido has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoHobart
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishEnglish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number911000
Elevation35 m54 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoHobart
City population51,367197,451
People per km²56116
Museums within 10 km08
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 monthsNone

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.