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The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cairo 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 Cairo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cairo’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. Cairo 10, Perth 86: Perth leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Cairo 60, Perth 58: Cairo leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cairo 96, Perth 42: Cairo leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Cairo 48, Perth 42: Cairo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cairo 30, Perth 72: Perth leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Cairo 66, Perth 48: Cairo leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cairo 32, Perth 74: Perth leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Cairo 35, Perth 55: Perth leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Cairo 58, Perth 44: Cairo leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Cairo 95, Perth 28: Cairo leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cairo and Perth are level on 50.
Wellness & relaxation. Cairo 15, Perth 38: Perth leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cairo and Perth.

Your match

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

Cairo
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
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.

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 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. Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCairoPerth
Official languageArabicEnglish
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180000
Elevation23 m2 m
Main airportCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCairoPerth
City population9,801,5362,141,834
People per km²18,564334
Museums within 10 km4815
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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). 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.