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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or Los Angeles?

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

  • getting around
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Los Angeles for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Los Angeles’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, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Los Angeles 66: Los Angeles leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Los Angeles 67: Los Angeles leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Los Angeles 80: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hobart and Los Angeles are level on 60.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Los Angeles 84: Los Angeles leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Los Angeles 25: Hobart leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Los Angeles 80: Los Angeles leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Los Angeles 24: Hobart leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Los Angeles 83: Los Angeles leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Los Angeles 60: Los Angeles leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Los Angeles.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on getting around and prices with your weighting.

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on shopping 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

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartLos Angeles

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartLos Angeles
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 m106 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartLos Angeles
City population197,4513,898,747
People per km²1162,994
Museums within 10 km839
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.