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Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Chiang Mai 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 Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Chiang Mai 6, Perth 86: Perth leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Chiang Mai 78, Perth 58: Chiang Mai leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Chiang Mai 65, Perth 42: Chiang Mai leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Chiang Mai 45, Perth 42: Chiang Mai leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chiang Mai 73, Perth 72: Chiang Mai leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Chiang Mai and Perth are level on 48.
Good for families. Chiang Mai 55, Perth 74: Perth leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Chiang Mai 38, Perth 55: Perth leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Chiang Mai 62, Perth 44: Chiang Mai leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Chiang Mai 90, Perth 28: Chiang Mai leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chiang Mai 30, Perth 50: Perth leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chiang Mai 82, Perth 38: Chiang Mai leads by 44 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chiang Mai and Perth.

Your match

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

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Chiang MaiPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChiang MaiPerth
Official languageThaiEnglish
CurrencyBaht (THB)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199000
Elevation310 m2 m
Main airportChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureChiang MaiPerth
City population1,198,0002,141,834
People per km²2,958334
Museums within 10 km615
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Chiang Mai or Perth somewhere new.

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.