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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
SingaporeThe Supertrees, Gardens by the Bay

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Singapore by Kai Kai, Pexels License.

Hobart or Singapore?

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
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Singapore for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Singapore’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, Singapore 40: Singapore leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Singapore 62: Singapore leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Singapore 45: Hobart leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Singapore 25: Hobart leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Singapore 88: Singapore leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Singapore 92: Singapore leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Singapore 76: Singapore leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Singapore 25: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Singapore 50: Singapore leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart and Singapore are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Singapore.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Singapore
Best match
57match

Wins on getting around 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

Singapore in July

31 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartSingapore

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Singapore: 1991-2020 normals, Singapore / Changi Airport (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSingapore
Official languageEnglishEnglish, Tamil, Malay, Standard Chinese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Singapore Dollar (SGD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number000Police 999, ambulance 995, fire 995
Elevation54 m21 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsSingapore Changi Airport (SIN)17 km from centre167 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSingapore
City population197,4515,866,139
People per km²1168,158
Museums within 10 km840
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone12 months

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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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.