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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Tirana?

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
  • families
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Tirana 57: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Tirana 42: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Tirana 62: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Tirana 40: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Tirana 54: Tirana leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Tirana 32: Hobart leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Tirana 32: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Tirana 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 Tirana.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hobart
48match

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

Tirana
49match

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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartTirana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartTirana
Official languageEnglishAlbanian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Lek (ALL)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m110 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartTirana
City population197,451389,323
People per km²1169,314
Museums within 10 km811
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.