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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Muscat?

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

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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

Choose Muscat for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Muscat 44: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Muscat 55: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Muscat 14: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Muscat 70: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Muscat 62: Muscat leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Muscat 52: Hobart leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Muscat 20: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Muscat 42: Muscat leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Muscat 45: Muscat leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Muscat 40: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Muscat.

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 getting around and food and drink with your weighting.

Muscat
48match

Wins on beaches 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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartMuscat
Official languageEnglishArabic
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+4
Emergency number000968
Elevation54 m69 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHobartMuscat
City population197,4511,421,409
People per km²116406
Museums within 10 km810
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.