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Yellow colonial houses in the walled city, Cartagena
CartagenaYellow colonial houses in the walled city
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Cartagena by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cartagena 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 Cartagena for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Perth for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Cartagena 70, Perth 86: Perth leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Cartagena 62, Perth 58: Cartagena leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cartagena 68, Perth 42: Cartagena leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Cartagena 70, Perth 42: Cartagena leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cartagena 46, Perth 72: Perth leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Cartagena 33, Perth 48: Perth leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Cartagena 40, Perth 74: Perth leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Cartagena 54, Perth 55: Perth leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Cartagena 48, Perth 44: Cartagena leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cartagena 60, Perth 28: Cartagena leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cartagena 40, Perth 50: Perth leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cartagena 40, Perth 38: Cartagena leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cartagena and Perth.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Cartagena
53match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on families 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.

Cartagena in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
124 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Cartagena: 1991-2020 normals, Cartagena / Rafael Nunez (3.1 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCartagenaPerth
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5UTC+8
Emergency number123000
Elevation2 m2 m
Main airportRafael Nuñez International Airport (CTG)2 km from centre26 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCartagenaPerth
City population914,5522,141,834
People per km²1,599334
Museums within 10 km215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 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). 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.