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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hobart or Scottsdale?

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

  • getting around
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Scottsdale 46: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Scottsdale 38: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Scottsdale 68: Hobart leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Scottsdale 50: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Scottsdale 20: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Scottsdale 32: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Scottsdale 40: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Scottsdale.

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 getting around and beaches with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartScottsdale
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m380 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartScottsdale
City population197,451241,361
People per km²116-
Museums within 10 km810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.