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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Blue Mosque, Istanbul
IstanbulThe Blue Mosque

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Istanbul by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Hobart or Istanbul?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Istanbul for

  • shopping
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Istanbul’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, Istanbul 45: Istanbul leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Istanbul 87: Istanbul leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Istanbul 90: Istanbul leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Istanbul 77: Istanbul leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Istanbul 52: Hobart leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Istanbul 55: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Istanbul 55: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Istanbul 62: Istanbul leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Istanbul 86: Istanbul leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Istanbul 60: Istanbul leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Istanbul 62: Istanbul leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Istanbul 75: Istanbul leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Istanbul.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Istanbul
Best match
67match

Wins on shopping and nightlife 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

Istanbul in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Istanbul: 1991-2020 normals, Istanbul / Goztepe (9.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartIstanbul
Official languageEnglishTurkish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Turkish Lira (TRY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m100 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsİstanbul Airport (IST)36 km from centre343 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartIstanbul
City population197,45115,655,924
People per km²1162,930
Museums within 10 km873
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.