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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Hobart or Macau?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • day trips

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

Choose Macau for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Hobart leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Macau 77: Macau leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Macau 62: Macau leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Macau 40: Macau leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Macau 5: Hobart leads by 80 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Macau 52: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Macau 48: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Macau 60: Macau leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Macau 58: Macau leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Macau 44: Macau leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Macau 36: Hobart leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart and Macau are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Macau.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Macau
46match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartMacau
Official languageEnglishPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number000999
Elevation54 m22 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHobartMacau
City population197,451682,100
People per km²1165,916
Museums within 10 km828
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 months

Where else could you go?

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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.