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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica
Santa MonicaThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Santa Monica by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or Santa Monica?

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

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Santa Monica for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Monica’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 Monica 66: Santa Monica leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Hobart and Santa Monica are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Santa Monica 35: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Santa Monica 38: Santa Monica leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Santa Monica 72: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Santa Monica 64: Santa Monica leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Santa Monica 70: Santa Monica leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Santa Monica 52: Santa Monica leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Santa Monica 56: Santa Monica leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Santa Monica 14: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Santa Monica 38: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Santa Monica 45: Santa Monica leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Santa Monica.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

Santa Monica
Best match
51match

Wins on beaches and shopping 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 Monica in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartSanta Monica

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Santa Monica: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (13.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSanta Monica
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 m32 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)11 km from centre177 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSanta Monica
City population197,45193,076
People per km²1164,270
Museums within 10 km819
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.