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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square, Skopje
SkopjeThe Warrior on a Horse, Macedonia Square

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Skopje by George M. Groutas, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or Skopje?

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
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Skopje for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Skopje’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, Skopje 6: Hobart leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Skopje 52: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart and Skopje are level on 56.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Skopje 42: Skopje leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Skopje 70: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Skopje 56: Hobart leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Skopje 35: Hobart leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Hobart and Skopje are level on 45.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Skopje 40: Skopje leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Skopje 80: Skopje leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Skopje 38: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Skopje 27: Hobart leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Skopje.

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 beaches and families with your weighting.

Skopje
46match

Wins on prices 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

Skopje in July

32 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
31 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Skopje has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Skopje's sunshine is measured 68 km from the centre, at Stip.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Skopje: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Skopje-Petrovec (18.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartSkopje
Official languageEnglishAlbanian, Macedonian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Denar (MKD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m251 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsSkopje International Airport (SKP)16 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartSkopje
City population197,451422,540
People per km²116739
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.