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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Hobart or Sapporo?

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
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Hobart leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Sapporo 40: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Sapporo 64: Sapporo leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Sapporo 44: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Sapporo.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSapporo
Official languageEnglishJapanese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Yen (JPY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number000Police 110, fire 119
Elevation54 m5 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSapporo
City population197,4511,959,313
People per km²1161,747
Museums within 10 km833
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

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.