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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Toronto?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Toronto for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Toronto 50: Hobart leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Toronto 52: Hobart leads by 33 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Toronto 50: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Toronto 34: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Toronto 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 Toronto.

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.

Toronto
Best match
55match

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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartToronto
Official languageEnglishFrench, English
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m76 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartToronto
City population197,4512,794,356
People per km²1164,434
Museums within 10 km832
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone1 month

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.