VacationSelector
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or Lima?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Lima for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Lima leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Lima 88: Lima leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Lima 66: Lima leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Lima 62: Lima leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Lima 45: Hobart leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Lima 34: Hobart leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Lima 42: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Lima 35: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Lima 52: Lima leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Lima 70: Lima leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Lima 53: Lima leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Lima 25: Hobart leads by 15 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Lima.

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.

Lima
Best match
51match

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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

020406080JFMAMJJASOND
HobartLima

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartLima
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Sol (PEN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number000111 or 911
Elevation54 m154 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartLima
City population197,4519,943,800
People per km²1163,721
Museums within 10 km847
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone2 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Hobart or Lima somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.