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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Quebec City?

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

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Quebec City 57: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Quebec City 42: Quebec City leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Quebec City 79: Hobart leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Quebec City 58: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Quebec City 50: Quebec City leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Quebec City.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartQuebec City
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 m98 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartQuebec City
City population197,451574,482
People per km²1161,184
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.