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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or Shanghai?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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, Shanghai 10: Hobart leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Shanghai 72: Shanghai leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Shanghai 25: Hobart leads by 60 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Shanghai 66: Shanghai leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Shanghai.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

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

Shanghai
Best match
66match

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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartShanghai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartShanghai
Official languageEnglishPutonghua
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number000Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation54 m4 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartShanghai
City population197,45124,870,895
People per km²1163,922
Museums within 10 km845
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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.