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Banff Avenue below Cascade Mountain, Banff
BanffBanff Avenue below Cascade Mountain
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Banff by bryan pascual, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Banff 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 Banff for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • day trips

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. Banff 12, Perth 86: Perth leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Banff 32, Perth 58: Perth leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Banff 22, Perth 42: Perth leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Banff 30, Perth 42: Perth leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Banff 98, Perth 72: Banff leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Banff 25, Perth 48: Perth leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Banff 60, Perth 74: Perth leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Banff and Perth are level on 55.
Shopping & style. Banff 28, Perth 44: Perth leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Banff 18, Perth 28: Perth leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Banff 32, Perth 50: Perth leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Banff 54, Perth 38: Banff leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Banff and Perth.

Your match

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

Banff
39match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Banff in July

23 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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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BanffPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Banff: 1991-2020 normals, Banff (2 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBanffPerth
Official languageFrench, EnglishEnglish
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation1,400 m2 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)109 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBanffPerth
City population8,3052,141,834
People per km²1,730334
Museums within 10 km415
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.