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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Hobart or Honolulu?

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 Hobart for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • families
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Honolulu’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. Hobart 30, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Honolulu 55: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Honolulu 45: Honolulu leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Honolulu 38: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Honolulu 52: Honolulu leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Honolulu 60: Honolulu leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Honolulu 15: Hobart leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Honolulu 40: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Honolulu 50: Honolulu leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Honolulu
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartHonolulu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartHonolulu
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-10
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m12 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartHonolulu
City population197,451350,964
People per km²1161,981
Museums within 10 km812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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.