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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower, Johannesburg
JohannesburgThe Johannesburg skyline and the Hillbrow Tower

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Johannesburg by K, Pexels License.

Hobart or Johannesburg?

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
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Johannesburg for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Johannesburg’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, Johannesburg 5: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Johannesburg 58: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart and Johannesburg are level on 56.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Johannesburg 62: Johannesburg leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Johannesburg 55: Hobart leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Johannesburg 52: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Johannesburg 42: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Johannesburg 18: Hobart leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Johannesburg 58: Johannesburg leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Johannesburg 72: Johannesburg leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Johannesburg 55: Johannesburg leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Johannesburg 28: Hobart leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Johannesburg.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Johannesburg
47match

Wins on prices 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

Johannesburg in July

19 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartJohannesburg

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Johannesburg: 2005-2019 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Johannesburg B / Roosevelt Park (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartJohannesburg
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m1,753 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsO.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB)22 km from centre84 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartJohannesburg
City population197,4514,803,262
People per km²1162,922
Museums within 10 km814
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.