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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Hobart or Seoul?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Seoul for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Hobart leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 54 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Seoul 75: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Seoul 50: Seoul leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Seoul.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartSeoul

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSeoul
Official languageEnglishKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Won (KRW)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number000Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation54 m38 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSeoul
City population197,4519,668,465
People per km²11615,973
Museums within 10 km881
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone2 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.