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Hobart in winter — is it worth visiting?

Yes, quiet and cosy12°C days, less rain than October, and the food is all indoors.

Yes. Winter is Tasmania's quietest season, and Hobart is the easiest place to spend it. Hobart averages 12 to 13°C by day from June to August, with nights around 5°C, and its rain is spread through the year: every winter month gets less than October's 62mm. The best winter days out are the ones built around food and shelter: Bruny Island's food and wine day, from $259, with oysters, a main and two drinks at Adventure Bay included, and the Tahune Airwalk and Hastings Caves, from $199, children $150. Cradle Mountain, where winter brings snow on the tops, is a day trip from $260. All of them leave from Hobart, most with pick-up from your accommodation.

Checked on 29 October 2026.

A long lunch Bruny Island food and wine from$259 Treetops and caves Tahune, child $150 from$199 Snow country Cradle Mountain in a day from$260

Hobart is a small harbour city, and most of what makes it good does not mind the cold: Salamanca and the waterfront, MONA, and the island's food and wine. Winter is the quietest time of year in Tasmania, so you get the city and the days out without the summer crowds, and the warm bus does the work between the stops.

Hobart's winter, by the numbers

Month	Day	Night	Rain	What it gives you
June	12°C	5°C	54mm	The start of the quiet season
July	12°C	5°C	52mm	The coolest month, and the snow season on the mountains inland
August	13°C	5°C	54mm	Warming, and still quiet
October, for comparison	17°C	8°C	62mm	The wettest month of the year
January, for comparison	22°C	12°C	46mm	Peak summer, long days and busy

Bureau of Meteorology long-term monthly averages for Hobart (Ellerslie Road), station 094029, from 137 years of records.

What winter gives you

No wet season.Hobart's rain is spread evenly through the year, 52 to 54mm in each winter month, and October gets more than any of them.
The quietest time in Tasmaniaso the days out are at their least crowded.
Food weather.Tasmania's cheese, oysters, chocolate and wine are all indoors, and a cold day is the best excuse for a long lunch.
Snow on the tops.Winter brings snow to Cradle Mountain, where the highlands average 6°C by day in July, and a day trip from Hobart gets you there and back, with dinner on the way home.
Mild, not freezing, in the city.Nights average around 5°C in Hobart. A warm jacket and a windproof layer are all it asks.

The days out that suit winter

Trip	Why it suits winter	Effort	From
1 Day Bruny Island Food & Wine Tour	Lunch at Adventure Bay is included, oysters, a main and two drinks, with tastings of cheese, beer, fudge and chocolate	—	$259
1 Day Hobart Highlights Tour	The city loop, Mount Wellington and Richmond, with a cheese tasting at Wicked Cheese	—	$137
1 Day Tahune Airwalk & Hastings Caves	A walkway through the forest canopy, then underground at Hastings Caves. Children $150	—	$199
1 Day Port Arthur & Tasmania Devil	The convict site at Port Arthur and a Tasmanian devil sanctuary	—	$189
1 Day Maria Island Tour	A 30 minute ferry to a car-free island where the wombats ignore people	—	$225
1 Day Cradle Mountain Tour	Up to five hours in the park, in an 11-seat bus with reclining seats	—	$260

Effort is the operator's own rating from 1 to 5. Pick-up is from your Hobart accommodation, or from selected CBD hotels for the Bruny food day. Prices are per person and update on their own.

Bruny Island: the winter day we would take

The food and wine day is made for a cold one. It starts at 7:45am from Hobart CBD hotels or Franklin Wharf, the ferry is included both ways, and lunch at Adventure Bay is in the price: oysters, a main and two drinks, with tastings through the day of cheese and beer, fudge, chocolate and honey ice cream. You are indoors and eating whenever a grey afternoon would otherwise drag. There is more on that day on our Bruny Island in winter page.

In Hobart itself

Salamanca Market on Saturdaysthe one thing in Hobart you do not need a trip for.
MONAwhich with the city and the waterfront makes a full first day.
Mount Wellingtonfor the view over the whole south of the island.
The waterfront and Salamanca are a short walk from the city centreso a cold evening out is never far from a warm room.

Or follow the coast for milder days

The east coast runs a couple of degrees warmer. Bicheno, on the edge of Freycinet, averages 14°C by day in July against 12°C in Hobart, and Wineglass Bay is a day trip from Hobart from $159, by Orford and Swansea, with the lookout a 45 minute walk uphill. For a few days without driving, the 5 Day Tasmania Tour leaves Hobart from $939 with nights in Strahan, Launceston and Bicheno. More on fitting it all in is on our how many days in Hobart page.