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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Perth?

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

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Perth 58: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Perth 42: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Perth 42: Perth leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Perth 72: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Perth 48: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Perth 74: Perth leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Perth 55: Perth leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Perth 44: Perth leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Perth 28: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Perth 50: Perth leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Perth 38: Hobart leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Perth.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartPerth
Official languageEnglishEnglish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number000000
Elevation54 m2 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartPerth
City population197,4512,141,834
People per km²116334
Museums within 10 km815
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.