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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Arctic Cathedral, Tromso
TromsoThe Arctic Cathedral

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Tromso by Moyan Brenn, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or Tromso?

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

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Tromso for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tromso’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, Tromso 8: Hobart leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Tromso 36: Hobart leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Tromso 27: Hobart leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Tromso 38: Tromso leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Tromso 92: Tromso leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Tromso 14: Hobart leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Tromso 45: Hobart leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Tromso 60: Tromso leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Tromso 15: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Tromso 11: Hobart leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Tromso 32: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Tromso 38: Hobart leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Tromso.

Your match

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

Hobart
Best match
48match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Tromso
35match

Wins on getting around 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

Tromso in July

16 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
73 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
24 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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HobartTromso

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Tromso: 1991-2020 normals, Tromso (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartTromso
Official languageEnglishNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation54 m20 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsTromsø Airport (TOS)4 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartTromso
City population197,45179,943
People per km²11632
Museums within 10 km88
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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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.