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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Valparaiso by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hobart or Valparaiso?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Valparaiso 50: Hobart leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Valparaiso 60: Hobart leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Valparaiso 33: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Valparaiso 44: Hobart leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Valparaiso 30: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Valparaiso 38: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Valparaiso 18: Hobart leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Valparaiso.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Hobart
48match

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

Valparaiso
46match

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartValparaiso
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number000Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation54 m21 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartValparaiso
City population197,451296,655
People per km²1166,180
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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.