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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Painted colonial houses in the Pelourinho, Salvador
SalvadorPainted colonial houses in the Pelourinho

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Salvador by Paul R. Burley, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Salvador?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Salvador for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Salvador’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, Salvador 84: Salvador leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Salvador 66: Salvador leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Salvador 74: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Salvador 52: Hobart leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Salvador 56: Hobart leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Salvador 42: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Salvador 42: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Salvador 42: Salvador leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Salvador 70: Salvador leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Salvador 63: Salvador leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Salvador 32: Hobart leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Salvador.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

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

Salvador
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and nightlife 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

Salvador in July

27 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
201 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartSalvador

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Salvador: 1991-2020 normals, Salvador (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSalvador
Official languageEnglishPortuguese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number000Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation54 m8 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsDeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA)20 km from centre31 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSalvador
City population197,4512,417,678
People per km²1163,489
Museums within 10 km849
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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.