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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía, Santiago
SantiagoThe terrace on Cerro Santa Lucía

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Santiago by Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Santiago?

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

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Santiago for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago’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, Santiago 12: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Hobart and Santiago are level on 60.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Santiago 52: Hobart leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Santiago 60: Santiago leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Santiago 83: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Santiago 70: Santiago leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Santiago 57: Santiago leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Santiago 68: Santiago leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Santiago 52: Santiago leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Santiago 58: Santiago leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Santiago 55: Santiago leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Santiago 37: Hobart leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Santiago.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Santiago
Best match
55match

Wins on nightlife 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

Santiago in July

14 °Cdaytime high
4 °Cnight-time low
52 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
10 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). Santiago: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago Q. Normal (3.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSantiago
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number000Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation54 m575 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)14 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSantiago
City population197,4516,257,516
People per km²1167,468
Museums within 10 km854
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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.