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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hobart or Oaxaca?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’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, Oaxaca 5: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Oaxaca 40: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Oaxaca 62: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Oaxaca 65: Oaxaca leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Oaxaca 40: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Oaxaca 55: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Oaxaca 38: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Oaxaca 50: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Oaxaca.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Oaxaca
Best match
54match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartOaxaca
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m1,555 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartOaxaca
City population197,451258,913
People per km²1163,028
Museums within 10 km810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.