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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Sint Servaasbrug over the Maas, Maastricht
MaastrichtSint Servaasbrug over the Maas

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Maastricht by Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Maastricht?

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
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Maastricht for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Maastricht’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, Maastricht 8: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Maastricht 58: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Maastricht 42: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Maastricht 58: Hobart leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Maastricht 77: Maastricht leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Maastricht 55: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Maastricht 74: Maastricht leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Maastricht 60: Maastricht leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Maastricht 38: Maastricht leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Maastricht 40: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Maastricht 52: Maastricht leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Maastricht.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Maastricht
Best match
52match

Wins on getting around and shopping 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

Maastricht in July

24 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartMaastricht

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Maastricht: 1991-2020 normals, Maastricht Airport Zuid Limburg (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartMaastricht
Official languageEnglishDutch
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m49 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsMaastricht Aachen Airport (MST)9 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartMaastricht
City population197,451120,227
People per km²1162,000
Museums within 10 km821
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.