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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hobart or Vancouver?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Vancouver 42: Hobart leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Vancouver 45: Hobart leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Vancouver 27: Hobart leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Vancouver 52: Vancouver leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

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

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartVancouver
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-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation54 m2 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartVancouver
City population197,451662,248
People per km²1165,759
Museums within 10 km826
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNoneNone

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.