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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket, Phuket
PhuketThe Big Buddha on the hill above Phuket

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Phuket by Mussi Katz, CC0.

Hobart or Phuket?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Phuket for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Phuket’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, Phuket 90: Phuket leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Phuket 66: Phuket leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Phuket 35: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Phuket 72: Phuket leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Phuket 80: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Phuket 45: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Phuket 65: Phuket leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Phuket 22: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Phuket 42: Phuket leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Phuket 68: Phuket leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Phuket 20: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Phuket 82: Phuket leads by 42 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Phuket.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around with your weighting.

Phuket
Best match
57match

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

Phuket in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
287 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Phuket's temperatures are measured 27 km from the centre, at Phuket Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Phuket: 1991-2020 (rainfall 1961-1990) normals, Phuket Airport (26.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartPhuket
Official languageEnglishThai
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Baht (THB)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number000Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation54 m19 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsPhuket International Airport (HKT)27 km from centre85 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHobartPhuket
City population197,45177,610
People per km²1166,468
Museums within 10 km82
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.