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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
San FranciscoThe Golden Gate Bridge

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; San Francisco by Elijah Cobb, Pexels License.

Hobart or San Francisco?

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

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose San Francisco for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on San Francisco’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, San Francisco 25: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, San Francisco 82: San Francisco leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, San Francisco 68: San Francisco leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, San Francisco 80: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, San Francisco 72: San Francisco leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, San Francisco 66: San Francisco leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, San Francisco 70: San Francisco leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, San Francisco 58: San Francisco leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, San Francisco 14: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, San Francisco 76: San Francisco leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, San Francisco 42: San Francisco leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and San Francisco.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

San Francisco
Best match
59match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

San Francisco in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartSan Francisco

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). San Francisco: 1981-2010 normals, Alameda Naval Air Station (9.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSan Francisco
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m16 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsSan Francisco International Airport (SFO)18 km from centre142 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSan Francisco
City population197,451873,965
People per km²1161,455
Museums within 10 km851
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.