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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Thessaloniki?

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
  • wellness
  • families

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Thessaloniki 66: Hobart leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Thessaloniki 50: Hobart leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Thessaloniki 52: Thessaloniki leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Thessaloniki 33: Hobart leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Thessaloniki.

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 wellness with your weighting.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on nightlife and prices 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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartThessaloniki
Official languageEnglishGreek
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m6 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartThessaloniki
City population197,451309,617
People per km²11616,042
Museums within 10 km832
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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. 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.