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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Hobart or Vienna?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Hobart leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Vienna 50: Vienna leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Vienna 62: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Vienna 74: Vienna leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Vienna 44: Vienna leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Vienna.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartVienna
Official languageEnglishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m151 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartVienna
City population197,4512,028,289
People per km²1164,890
Museums within 10 km8152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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.