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The Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla, AlUla
AlUlaThe Qasr al-Farid tomb at Hegra near AlUla
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: AlUla by Richard.hargas, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

AlUla 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 AlUla for

  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • getting around
  • families

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. AlUla 3, Perth 86: Perth leads by 83 points.
Food & drink. AlUla 28, Perth 58: Perth leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. AlUla 70, Perth 42: AlUla leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. AlUla 5, Perth 42: Perth leads by 37 points.
Nature & outdoors. AlUla and Perth are level on 72.
Day trips. AlUla 20, Perth 48: Perth leads by 28 points.
Good for families. AlUla 35, Perth 74: Perth leads by 39 points.
Getting around. AlUla 15, Perth 55: Perth leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. AlUla 15, Perth 44: Perth leads by 29 points.
Affordability. AlUla 18, Perth 28: Perth leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. AlUla 28, Perth 50: Perth leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. AlUla 45, Perth 38: AlUla leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: AlUla and Perth.

Your match

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

AlUla
30match

Wins on culture and sights and wellness with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

AlUla in July

43 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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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AlUlaPerth

Where the figures come from

AlUla has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. AlUla: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Alula / Al ‘Ulá (23.7 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlUlaPerth
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencySaudi Riyal (SAR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsG60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112 or 911000
Elevation692 m2 m
Main airportAl-Ula International Airport (ULH)24 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlUlaPerth
City population32,4132,141,834
People per km²-334
Museums within 10 km215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.