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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hobart or Santa Marta?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Santa Marta for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Marta’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, Santa Marta 70: Santa Marta leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Santa Marta 44: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Santa Marta 34: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Santa Marta 50: Santa Marta leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Santa Marta 84: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Santa Marta 38: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Santa Marta 40: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Santa Marta 38: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Santa Marta 27: Hobart leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Santa Marta 80: Santa Marta leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Santa Marta 17: Hobart leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Santa Marta 30: Hobart leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Santa Marta.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hobart
48match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Santa Marta
46match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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). Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSanta Marta
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number000123
Elevation54 m8 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSanta Marta
City population197,451505,915
People per km²1161,723
Museums within 10 km83
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.