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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Bilbao 45, Perth 86: Perth leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Perth 58: Bilbao leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Perth 42: Bilbao leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Perth 42: Bilbao leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Perth 72: Bilbao leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Perth 48: Bilbao leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Perth 74: Perth leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Perth 55: Bilbao leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Perth 44: Bilbao leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Perth 28: Bilbao leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Perth 50: Bilbao leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Perth 38: Perth leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Perth.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoPerth
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation19 m2 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoPerth
City population351,1242,141,834
People per km²8,440334
Museums within 10 km1715
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month5 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.