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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or Ottawa?

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
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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

Choose Ottawa for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Ottawa 45: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Ottawa 35: Ottawa leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Ottawa 68: Hobart leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Ottawa 55: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Ottawa 40: Ottawa leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Ottawa 40: Ottawa leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Ottawa 52: Ottawa leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Ottawa.

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 and food and drink with your weighting.

Ottawa
Best match
51match

Wins on getting around 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

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartOttawa

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartOttawa
Official languageEnglishFrench, English
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m70 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartOttawa
City population197,4511,017,449
People per km²116366
Museums within 10 km820
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.