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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
A bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay, Montego Bay
Montego BayA bright beach on turquoise water at Montego Bay

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Montego Bay by Dre Dawkcide, Pexels License.

Hobart or Montego Bay?

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
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Montego Bay for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Montego Bay’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, Montego Bay 84: Montego Bay leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Montego Bay 50: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Montego Bay 28: Hobart leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Montego Bay 42: Montego Bay leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Montego Bay 65: Hobart leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Montego Bay 50: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Montego Bay 48: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Montego Bay 20: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Montego Bay 25: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Montego Bay 38: Montego Bay leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Montego Bay 32: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Montego Bay 45: Montego Bay leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Montego Bay.

Your match

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

Hobart
Best match
48match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Montego Bay
44match

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

Montego Bay in July

34 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
9 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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HobartMontego Bay

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Montego Bay: 1991-2020 normals, Montego Bay / Sangster (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartMontego Bay
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Jamaican Patois
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB116 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number000Police 110/112/119/911, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation54 m19 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsSangster International Airport (MBJ)4 km from centre48 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartMontego Bay
City population197,451123,994
People per km²116-
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.