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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; London by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Adelaide or London?

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 Adelaide for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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. Adelaide 68, London 25: Adelaide leads by 43 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, London 84: London leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, London 94: London leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide 42, London 88: London leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, London 57: Adelaide leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, London 90: London leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, London 82: London leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, London 85: London leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, London 95: London leads by 51 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, London 15: Adelaide leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, London 98: London leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, London 40: Adelaide leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and London.

Your match

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

Adelaide
56match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AdelaideLondon

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideLondon
Official languageEnglishEnglish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number000112 or 999
Elevation1 m4 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideLondon
City population1,387,2908,799,728
People per km²1,0715,598
Museums within 10 km13216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km04
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Adelaide or London somewhere new.

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.