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Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington
The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Hobart or Zurich?

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

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Zurich for

  • getting around
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 15 points.
Food & drink. Hobart 60, Zurich 53: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Hobart 56, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Hobart 30, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hobart 85, Zurich 80: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Hobart 60, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Hobart 56, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Hobart 45, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Hobart 38, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Hobart 35, Zurich 3: Hobart leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hobart 45, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hobart 40, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hobart and Zurich.

Your match

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

Hobart
48match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Zurich
Best match
63match

Wins on getting around and nightlife 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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHobartZurich
Official languageEnglishFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10, UTC+11 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation54 m408 m
Main airportHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureHobartZurich
City population197,451440,935
People per km²1165,016
Museums within 10 km863
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.