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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • culture and sights
  • nightlife
  • day trips

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Athens 70, Perth 86: Perth leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Perth 58: Athens leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Perth 42: Athens leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Perth 42: Athens leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Perth 72: Perth leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Perth 48: Athens leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Perth 74: Perth leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Perth 55: Athens leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Perth 44: Athens leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Perth 28: Athens leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Perth 50: Athens leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 42, Perth 38: Athens leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Perth.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on culture and sights and nightlife with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches 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.

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensPerth
Official languageGreekEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation74 m2 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAthensPerth
City population643,4522,141,834
People per km²16,499334
Museums within 10 km8815
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.