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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach

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

Hobart or Miami?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Miami for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Miami’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, Miami 90: Miami leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Miami 72: Miami leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Miami 57: Miami leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Miami 82: Miami leads by 52 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Miami 64: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Miami 42: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Miami 64: Miami leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Miami 35: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Miami 71: Miami leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Miami 27: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Miami 55: Miami leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Miami 44: Miami leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Miami.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches 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

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartMiami
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m2 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartMiami
City population197,451442,241
People per km²1163,046
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.