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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Cloth Hall on the Main Square, Krakow
KrakowThe Cloth Hall on the Main Square

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Krakow by Jakub Hałun, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Krakow?

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
  • beaches
  • food and drink

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

Choose Krakow for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Krakow’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, Krakow 9: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Krakow 55: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Krakow 77: Krakow leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Krakow 68: Krakow leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Krakow 62: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Krakow 76: Krakow leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Krakow 58: Krakow leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Krakow 74: Krakow leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Krakow 48: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Krakow 72: Krakow leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Krakow 55: Krakow leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Krakow 36: Hobart leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Krakow.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Krakow
Best match
58match

Wins on nightlife 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

Krakow in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
100 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartKrakow

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

Before you go

MeasureHobartKrakow
Official languageEnglishPolish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Zloty (PLN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m219 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsKraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK)11 km from centre132 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartKrakow
City population197,451804,237
People per km²1162,459
Museums within 10 km8113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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.