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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Hobart or Osaka?

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 Osaka for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Osaka 58: Hobart leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Osaka 60: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Osaka.

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.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on nightlife 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartOsaka
Official languageEnglishJapanese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number000Police 110, fire 119
Elevation54 m20 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartOsaka
City population197,4512,751,862
People per km²11612,340
Museums within 10 km844
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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.