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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or Pensacola?

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

  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Pensacola 45: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Pensacola 45: Hobart leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Pensacola 42: Pensacola leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Pensacola 62: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Pensacola 45: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Pensacola 18: Hobart leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Pensacola 28: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Pensacola 44: Pensacola leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Pensacola 36: Hobart leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Pensacola 30: Hobart leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Hobart
Best match
48match

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

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartPensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartPensacola
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m31 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartPensacola
City population197,45154,312
People per km²116515
Museums within 10 km85
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone7 months

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.