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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or Orlando?

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
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • shopping
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Orlando 48: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Orlando 22: Hobart leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Orlando 40: Orlando leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Orlando 46: Hobart leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Orlando 58: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Orlando 8: Hobart leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Orlando 36: Orlando leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Orlando 40: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Orlando 32: Hobart leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Orlando.

Your match

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

Hobart
Best match
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and getting around with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families 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

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartOrlando
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m34 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartOrlando
City population197,451334,854
People per km²1161,086
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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.