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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or Mendoza?

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

  • culture and sights
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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, Mendoza 6: Hobart leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Mendoza 30: Hobart leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Mendoza 40: Mendoza leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Mendoza 83: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Mendoza 52: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Mendoza 42: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Mendoza 48: Mendoza leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Mendoza 33: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Mendoza 56: Mendoza leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Mendoza 33: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Mendoza.

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 culture and sights and beaches with your weighting.

Mendoza
46match

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

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartMendoza

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartMendoza
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number000117 or 911
Elevation54 m769 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartMendoza
City population197,451127,160
People per km²1162,355
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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.