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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or Hurghada?

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

  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Hurghada 34: Hobart leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Hurghada 14: Hobart leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Hurghada 40: Hurghada leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Hurghada 72: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Hurghada 30: Hobart leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Hurghada 22: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Hurghada 24: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Hurghada 10: Hobart leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Hobart
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

Wins on beaches 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.

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

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartHurghada

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartHurghada
Official languageEnglishArabic
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number000Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation54 m11 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartHurghada
City population197,451214,247
People per km²116-
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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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.