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The Texas State Capitol under a blue sky, Austin
AustinThe Texas State Capitol under a blue sky
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Austin by LoneStarMike, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Austin 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 Austin for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Austin’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. Austin 30, Perth 86: Perth leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Austin 66, Perth 58: Austin leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Austin 40, Perth 42: Perth leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Austin 65, Perth 42: Austin leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Austin 57, Perth 72: Perth leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Austin 58, Perth 48: Austin leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Austin 55, Perth 74: Perth leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Austin 30, Perth 55: Perth leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Austin 45, Perth 44: Austin leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Austin 33, Perth 28: Austin leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Austin 77, Perth 50: Austin leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Austin 40, Perth 38: Austin leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Austin and Perth.

Your match

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

Austin
50match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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.

Austin in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Austin: 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry/Austin City Asos (3.7 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAustinPerth
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation149 m2 m
Main airportAustin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)13 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAustinPerth
City population961,8552,141,834
People per km²1,217334
Museums within 10 km2115
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.