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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Hobart or York?

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
  • food and drink
  • beaches

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

Choose York for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Hobart leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, York 42: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, York 70: York leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, York 36: York leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, York 62: Hobart leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, York 80: York leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, York 60: York leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, York 72: York leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, York 46: York leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, York 38: York leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, York 38: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, York 34: Hobart leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and York.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Hobart
48match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and food and drink with your weighting.

York
49match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
No seasea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartYork
Official languageEnglishEnglish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number000112 or 999
Elevation54 m25 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartYork
City population197,451208,400
People per km²116766
Museums within 10 km824
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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. 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.