Taxi Fare

TAS · Hobart

Hobart AirportHobart 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.

Last verified Tasmanian Department of State Growth

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.

taxi-fare.com.au editorial · last reviewed

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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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