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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Portland?

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
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Portland for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Portland 68: Portland leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Portland 38: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Portland 52: Portland leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Portland 84: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Portland 58: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Portland 55: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Portland 62: Portland leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Portland 52: Portland leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Portland 38: Portland leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Portland 55: Portland leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Portland 42: Portland leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Portland.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Portland
Best match
52match

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

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 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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HobartPortland

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartPortland
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m152 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartPortland
City population197,451652,503
People per km²1161,736
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.