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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Assembly Hall on Temple Square, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake CityThe Assembly Hall on Temple Square

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Salt Lake City by hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hobart or Salt Lake 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

  • day trips
  • food and drink
  • beaches

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

Choose Salt Lake City for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Salt Lake 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, Salt Lake City 12: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Salt Lake City 40: Hobart leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Salt Lake City 42: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Hobart and Salt Lake City are level on 30.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Salt Lake City 90: Salt Lake City leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Salt Lake City 34: Hobart leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Salt Lake City 72: Salt Lake City leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Salt Lake City 42: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Salt Lake City 36: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Salt Lake City 40: Salt Lake City leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Salt Lake City 55: Salt Lake City leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Salt Lake City 38: Hobart leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Salt Lake City.

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.

Salt Lake City
44match

Wins on families and live music and the arts 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

Salt Lake City in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °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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HobartSalt Lake City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Salt Lake City: 1991-2020 normals, Salt Lake City International Airport (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSalt Lake City
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m1,288 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)9 km from centre108 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSalt Lake City
City population197,451199,723
People per km²116690
Museums within 10 km812
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. 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.