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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Hobart or Samarkand?

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
  • beaches
  • families

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Hobart leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Samarkand 54: Hobart leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Samarkand 14: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Samarkand 40: Hobart leads by 45 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Samarkand 30: Hobart leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Samarkand 42: Samarkand leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Samarkand 24: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Samarkand 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 Samarkand.

Your match

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

Hobart
Best match
48match

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

Samarkand
45match

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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSamarkand
Official languageEnglishUzbek
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m702 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days-

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSamarkand
City population197,451546,303
People per km²1165,058
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.