Best time to visit Hobart

Australia · Oceania

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Hobart

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Go in Feb, Oct or Nov — these months score within a whisker of each other; 18C max, 9 rainy days. Mar is the next best.

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Things to do in Hobart

Museum of Old and New Art This eccentric, world-class museum of contemporary art has created a buzz in Hobart.
Mount Wellington Situated within Wellington Park, Mt Wellington peaks at 1,270 m with breathtaking views of the Derwent River and Greater Hobart Region.
Battery Point The area is named after a battery of guns put on the point in 1818.
Cascades Female Factory This site operated as a female factory between 1828 and 1856, which was intended to reform female convicts and segregate them from the "temptations" of Hobart.
Salamanca Place Historic precinct and marketplace in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Shot Tower This historic landmark boasts the titles of being the first shot tower in Australia and the tallest shot tower in the southern hemisphere.
Sullivan's Cove This area is home to Hobart's main waterfront area and was the original landing point by European settlers in 1804.

Tours and tickets in Hobart

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Hobart), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	22°	6d	68%	11.4h	goodbusy	busier than usual
Feb	21°	5d	67%	10.4h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Mar	20°	5d	72%	9.0h	good	20C max, 5 rainy days
Apr	17°	5d	75%	7.9h	good	17C max, 5 rainy days
May	14°	6d	80%	6.8h	ok	14C max, 6 rainy days
Jun	12°	6d	83%	6.2h	ok	12C max, 6 rainy days
Jul	11°	6d	80%	6.9h	ok	11C max, 6 rainy days
Aug	12°	6d	78%	7.6h	ok	12C max, 6 rainy days
Sep	14°	6d	72%	9.0h	good	14C max, 6 rainy days
Oct	16°	8d	72%	9.5h	sweet spot	16C max, 8 rainy days
Nov	18°	9d	71%	10.6h	sweet spot	18C max, 9 rainy days
Dec	20°	8d	68%	11.3h	goodbusy	busier than usual

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the centre, 17 km from the airport (HBA): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from December to February; quietest in May and September.

Then and now

Hobart's January days now average 21.8°C, 1.4°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 3 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	20.4°	21.0°	19.1°	16.8°	13.7°	11.2°	10.7°	12.0°	13.7°	15.2°	17.6°	18.5°
2017–26	21.8°	21.0°	19.8°	16.8°	13.9°	11.5°	11.2°	12.3°	14.0°	15.7°	17.8°	19.7°
Change	+1.4°	+0.0°	+0.7°	-0.0°	+0.2°	+0.4°	+0.6°	+0.3°	+0.4°	+0.6°	+0.2°	+1.2°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Hobart is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type I plugs at 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Australian dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Everything for Australia: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay and Google Pay are taken in most shops, cafés and hotels; carry some cash in remote areas. Since 1 October 2026 shops may not add a fee for paying by card; taxis follow their state's rules.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — Not expected; prices include service. In upmarket restaurants 10% for good service is common. Taxi drivers do not expect tips.

Getting around Hobart

Apps — Rides: DiDi, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Messenger, Text messages (SMS), WhatsApp.

Derwent Ferries operates services between Brooke Street Pier in the city and Bellerive Pier in Bellerive. There are no services on Sundays. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Hobart, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — 000 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Hobart in pictures

Hobart Tasmania Australia11 — i

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hobart seen from the east — i

Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hobart Tasmania Australia14 — i

Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Mount Wellington from Sandy Bay, Hobart Tasmania — i

Thennicke, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hobart waterfront Nov 2011 3 — i

Tony 1212, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Hobart is like

Hobart is the capital city of Tasmania and is Australia's second oldest city, after Sydney. Hobart sits along the Derwent River and began humbly as a penal colony. Hobart is now a small and intimate city with a population of around 255,000 (as of 2024) in the Greater Hobart area. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: As one of Australia's oldest cities, Hobart is home to a multitude of historical buildings that often showcase splendid examples of Georgian and Victorian architecture. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: Polar Pathways is a historical walking and driving tour of Hobart’s associations with Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Hobart International Airport (HBA IATA) (situated 15 km (9.3 mi) north east of Hobart in Cambridge). The primary airport serving southern Tasmania. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Hobart, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

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Hobart is in Australia, Oceania. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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