TAS · Hobart
Hobart Airport → Hobart CBD taxi fare
Catch a metered cab from Hobart Airport to Hobart CBD and you’re looking at between A$58.81 and A$68.10 on the day rate, with A$61.91 a fair midpoint. The drive is 21.3 km — about 38 minutes when traffic cooperates.
Estimated fare range
A$58.81 – A$79.56
21.3 km · 38 min typical
Tuesday 8am
A$58.81 – A$68.10
day tariff
Friday 6pm
A$58.81 – A$68.10
day tariff
Saturday 10pm
A$68.71 – A$79.56
night tariff
Editor’s analysis
Hobart Airport (HBA) at Cambridge sits 17-21 km east of Elizabeth Street Mall, with the route running the Tasman Highway over the Tasman Bridge. No tolls anywhere in Tasmania. Tasman Bridge closures are rare but consequential — when they happen, traffic reroutes via the Bowen Bridge and adds 25-30 minutes. Check Tasmania’s traffic alerts before booking a tight connection.
Hobart’s airport rank serves a single shared terminal, and queues fill quickly on early-morning Qantas, Virgin and Jetstar arrivals from Sydney and Melbourne. There is no rideshare competition outside daylight hours, so the rank is your only realistic option pre-dawn. Tasmania uses one of the earliest Tariff 2 night-band starts in the country — pre-6am arrivals already count as night-rate. A small A$2.20 airport pickup surcharge is bundled into the displayed meter.
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About this route
Tasmania adds a small airport-pickup surcharge to fares starting at Hobart Airport; that surcharge is already baked into the A$61.91 typical meter shown above. Saturday-night trips into Hobart CBD on the late-night tariff settle near A$72.33 — useful to know if your flight or event lands after the band kicks over. There are no tolls on the usual route into Hobart CBD — what the meter reads is the fare you pay.
Hobart Airport (HBA) is ~17 km east of the city with no ride-share competition outside daylight hours — the rank fills fast on early-morning arrivals. Standard TAS rank-and-hail rules apply between Hobart Airport and Hobart CBD: the driver must run the meter unless a regulated fixed fare is explicitly in effect (so the A$61.91 midpoint above is a maximum, not a quote). Tasmanian Department of State Growth sets the metered ceiling reflected here — about A$61.91 on the day rate for the trip into Hobart CBD.
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