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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Perth?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Acapulco for

  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Acapulco’s own page.

Choose Perth for

  • day trips
  • families
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Acapulco 80, Perth 86: Perth leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Perth 58: Perth leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Perth 42: Perth leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Perth 42: Acapulco leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Perth 72: Perth leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Perth 48: Perth leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Perth 74: Perth leads by 29 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Perth 55: Perth leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Perth 44: Perth leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Perth 28: Acapulco leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Perth 50: Perth leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Perth 38: Perth leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Perth.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Acapulco
44match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoPerth
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaEnglish
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6UTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation18 m2 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoPerth
City population658,6092,141,834
People per km²350334
Museums within 10 km315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.