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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or Nice?

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

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

Choose Nice for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’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, Nice 75: Nice leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Nice 66: Nice leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Nice 64: Nice leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Nice 47: Nice leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Nice 80: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Nice 87: Nice leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Nice 57: Nice leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Nice 74: Nice leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Nice 55: Nice leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Hobart and Nice are level on 35.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart and Nice are level on 45.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart and Nice are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Nice.

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 with your weighting.

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and getting around 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

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartNice
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m0 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartNice
City population197,451357,737
People per km²1164,975
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.