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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Santa Claus Village in winter, Rovaniemi
RovaniemiSanta Claus Village in winter

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

Hobart or Rovaniemi?

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

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Rovaniemi for

  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Rovaniemi’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, Rovaniemi 10: Hobart leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Rovaniemi 25: Hobart leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Rovaniemi 22: Hobart leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Rovaniemi 15: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Rovaniemi 78: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Rovaniemi 8: Hobart leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Rovaniemi 72: Rovaniemi leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Rovaniemi 36: Hobart leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Rovaniemi 18: Hobart leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Rovaniemi 18: Hobart leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Rovaniemi 22: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Rovaniemi 60: Rovaniemi leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Rovaniemi.

Your match

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

Hobart
Best match
48match

Wins on day trips and food and drink with your weighting.

Rovaniemi
32match

Wins on wellness 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

Rovaniemi in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
22 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rovaniemi has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Rovaniemi: 2008-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rovaniemi Rautatieasema / Kuusela (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartRovaniemi
Official languageEnglishFinnish, Swedish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m88 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsRovaniemi Airport (RVN)8 km from centre44 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartRovaniemi
City population197,45165,329
People per km²1169
Museums within 10 km86
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.