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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The church of San Francisco under a blue sky, Quito
QuitoThe church of San Francisco under a blue sky

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Quito by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hobart or Quito?

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
  • families
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Quito for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Quito’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, Quito 5: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Quito 54: Hobart leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Quito 77: Quito leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Quito 40: Quito leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Quito 86: Quito leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Quito 55: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Quito 32: Hobart leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Hobart and Quito are level on 45.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Quito 40: Quito leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Quito 78: Quito leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Quito 38: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Quito 44: Quito leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Quito.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hobart
48match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Quito
50match

Wins on prices 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

Quito in July

18 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Quito's station stands 208 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Quito: 1961-1990 normals, Izobamba-Santa Catalina (16.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartQuito
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Shuar, Northern Quichua
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m2,850 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsMariscal Sucre International Airport (UIO)20 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartQuito
City population197,4511,763,275
People per km²1164,735
Museums within 10 km816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.