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The Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Calgary 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 Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • day trips

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • getting around

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. Calgary 8, Perth 86: Perth leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Calgary 45, Perth 58: Perth leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Calgary 35, Perth 42: Perth leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Calgary 40, Perth 42: Perth leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Calgary 88, Perth 72: Calgary leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Calgary 55, Perth 48: Calgary leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Calgary 68, Perth 74: Perth leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Calgary 42, Perth 55: Perth leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Calgary 42, Perth 44: Perth leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Calgary 42, Perth 28: Calgary leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Calgary 46, Perth 50: Perth leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Calgary 42, Perth 38: Calgary leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Calgary and Perth.

Your match

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

Calgary
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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.

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCalgaryPerth
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
Elevation1,045 m2 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 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

MeasureCalgaryPerth
City population1,306,7842,141,834
People per km²1,583334
Museums within 10 km1315
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.