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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Hobart or Manila?

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
  • getting around
  • beaches

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

Choose Manila for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’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, Manila 12: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Manila 64: Manila leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Manila 54: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Manila 64: Manila leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Manila 40: Hobart leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Manila 42: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Manila 42: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Manila 26: Hobart leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Manila 60: Manila leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Manila 77: Manila leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Manila 50: Manila leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart and Manila are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Manila.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Manila
48match

Wins on prices 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

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 hdaylight a day

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartManila

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartManila
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m9 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartManila
City population197,4511,902,590
People per km²11676,104
Museums within 10 km827
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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.