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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Luang Prabang?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Luang Prabang’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, Luang Prabang 14: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Luang Prabang 42: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Luang Prabang 65: Luang Prabang leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Luang Prabang 8: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Luang Prabang 68: Hobart leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Luang Prabang 35: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Luang Prabang 38: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Luang Prabang 50: Luang Prabang leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart and Luang Prabang are level on 38.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Luang Prabang 80: Luang Prabang leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Luang Prabang 18: Hobart leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Luang Prabang 60: Luang Prabang leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Luang Prabang.

Your match

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

Hobart
Best match
48match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartLuang Prabang

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartLuang Prabang
Official languageEnglishLao
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Lao Kip (LAK)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzABCEF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number000Police 191, ambulance 195, fire 190
Elevation54 m305 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHobartLuang Prabang
City population197,45153,792
People per km²116-
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.