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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Basilica of Superga, Turin
TurinThe Basilica of Superga

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Turin by Konstantin Dacosta, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Hobart or Turin?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Turin for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Turin’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, Turin 12: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Turin 81: Turin leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Turin 78: Turin leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Turin 50: Turin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Turin 80: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Turin 84: Turin leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Turin 57: Turin leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Turin 68: Turin leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Turin 58: Turin leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Turin 58: Turin leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Turin 65: Turin leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart and Turin are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Turin.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

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

Turin
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Turin in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
56 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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

Turin 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Turin: 1991-2020 normals, Torino / Caselle (15.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartTurin
Official languageEnglishItalian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m239 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsTurin Airport (TRN)14 km from centre65 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartTurin
City population197,451841,600
People per km²1166,474
Museums within 10 km872
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14
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.