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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Las Vegas?

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
  • culture and sights
  • families

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

Choose Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Las Vegas’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, Las Vegas 10: Hobart leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Las Vegas 68: Las Vegas leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Las Vegas 25: Hobart leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Las Vegas 88: Las Vegas leads by 58 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Las Vegas 68: Hobart leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Las Vegas 25: Hobart leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Las Vegas 25: Hobart leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Las Vegas 38: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Las Vegas 64: Las Vegas leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Hobart and Las Vegas are level on 35.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Las Vegas 78: Las Vegas leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart and Las Vegas are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Las Vegas.

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 day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Las Vegas
47match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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). Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartLas Vegas
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m610 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartLas Vegas
City population197,451641,903
People per km²1161,843
Museums within 10 km821
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.