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The Atomium, Brussels
BrusselsThe Atomium
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Brussels by Ettanghe, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Brussels 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 Brussels for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Brussels 18, Perth 86: Perth leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Brussels 72, Perth 58: Brussels leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Brussels 74, Perth 42: Brussels leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Brussels 60, Perth 42: Brussels leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brussels 45, Perth 72: Perth leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Brussels 89, Perth 48: Brussels leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Brussels 60, Perth 74: Perth leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Brussels 72, Perth 55: Brussels leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Brussels 62, Perth 44: Brussels leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Brussels 40, Perth 28: Brussels leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brussels 68, Perth 50: Brussels leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brussels 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: Brussels and Perth.

Your match

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

Brussels
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Perth
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brussels in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brussels: 1991-2020 normals, Uccle (5.2 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrusselsPerth
Official languageFrench, German, DutchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation70 m2 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)11 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrusselsPerth
City population195,5462,141,834
People per km²5,908334
Museums within 10 km10615
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km101
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.