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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Hobart or Salzburg?

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

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • prices

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Salzburg leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Salzburg 45: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Salzburg 25: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Salzburg 32: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on live music and the arts and getting around 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSalzburg
Official languageEnglishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m424 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSalzburg
City population197,451155,021
People per km²1162,360
Museums within 10 km838
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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.