Hobart

Why visit

Hobart is Tasmania through harbor food, MONA, markets, mountain weather, convict history, and routes toward wilder parts of the island. It works when the city feels like the start of the landscape.

When to avoid

Avoid making the day in Hobart depend on one neat sequence of adjacent sites. A day in Hobart depends on hours and movement as much as on the list of places. In Hobart, a good plan groups nearby stops, leaves slack for transport, and allows for small museums, churches, or galleries to close without much notice. This keeps the day flexible when transport, weather, or opening hours change.

Plan Hobart

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Hobart

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today

Drizzle

8° / 3°

1.1 mm

Wed

Drizzle

12° / 3°

Thu

Showers

11° / 2°

6.9 mm

Fri

Partly cloudy

11° / 1°

UV Moderate

Sat

Drizzle

12° / 2°

0.9 mm

Sun

Drizzle

13° / 5°

1.5 mm

Mon

Drizzle

11° / 7°

3.6 mm

Climate

Year-round

Typical highs around 16°C, lows around 9°C.

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Weather

12° / 5°

Typical high / low

2 mm rainfall this month

Daylight

10.3h

07:05 – 17:25local

Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest HBA · 17 km

Getting around Hobart

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators

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Operators and modes are aggregated from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications come from each feed’s route type codes.

About Hobart

Hobart is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly half of Tasmania's population, Hobart is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smallest by population and area after Darwin if territories are taken into account. Its skyline is dominated by the 1,271-metre (4,170 ft) kunanyi / Mount Wellington, and its harbour forms the second-deepest natural port in the world, with much of the city's waterfront consisting of reclaimed land. The metropolitan area is often referred to as Greater Hobart, to differentiate it from the City of Hobart, one of the seven local government areas that cover the city. It has a mild maritime climate.

Area: 1,695 km²
Airport codes: HBA

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