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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Hobart or Mumbai?

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
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Mumbai for

  • prices
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Mumbai 55: Hobart leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Mumbai 48: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Mumbai 35: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Mumbai 38: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Mumbai 24: Hobart leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Mumbai.

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 families with your weighting.

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on prices and shopping 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 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). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartMumbai
Official languageEnglishHindi, English
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number000108 or 112
Elevation54 m14 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHobartMumbai
City population197,45115,414,288
People per km²11625,563
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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. 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.