

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Limassol by Julian Lupyan, CC0.
Hobart or Limassol?
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
- culture and sights
- live music and the arts
What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’s own page.
Choose Limassol for
- beaches
- nightlife
- day trips
What lies behind each score is written up on Limassol’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Limassol.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on nature and the outdoors and culture and sights with your weighting.
Wins on beaches 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
Limassol in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Limassol has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.
Limassol's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Larnaca Airport.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Limassol: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Akrotiri (11.6 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Hobart | Limassol |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English | Turkish, Greek, Modern Greek |
| Currency | Australian Dollar (AUD) | Euro (EUR) |
| Sockets | I230 V, 50 Hz | G240 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Left |
| Time zone | UTC+10, UTC+11 in summer | UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer |
| Emergency number | 000 | 112 |
| Elevation | 54 m | 10 m |
| Main airport | Hobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations | Larnaca International Airport (LCA)58 km from centre112 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 9 days | 17 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Hobart | Limassol |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 197,451 | 107,970 |
| People per km² | 116 | 2,405 |
| Museums within 10 km | 8 | 2 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 3 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | None | 6 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Hobart or Limassol somewhere new.