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The wide beach and its hotels in morning light, Daytona Beach
Daytona BeachThe wide beach and its hotels in morning light
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Daytona Beach by Han Zheng, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Daytona Beach 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 Daytona Beach for

  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Perth for

  • getting around
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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. Daytona Beach 80, Perth 86: Perth leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Daytona Beach 36, Perth 58: Perth leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Daytona Beach 30, Perth 42: Perth leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Daytona Beach 40, Perth 42: Perth leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Daytona Beach 56, Perth 72: Perth leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Daytona Beach 66, Perth 48: Daytona Beach leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Daytona Beach 60, Perth 74: Perth leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Daytona Beach 18, Perth 55: Perth leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Daytona Beach 27, Perth 44: Perth leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Daytona Beach 46, Perth 28: Daytona Beach leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Daytona Beach 30, Perth 50: Perth leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Daytona Beach 30, Perth 38: Perth leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Daytona Beach and Perth.

Your match

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

Daytona Beach
43match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around 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.

Daytona Beach in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
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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Daytona BeachPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Daytona Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Daytona Beach / Mansfield Mobile Home Park (4.9 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDaytona BeachPerth
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation4 m2 m
Main airportDaytona Beach International Airport (DAB)5 km from centre8 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDaytona BeachPerth
City population72,6472,141,834
People per km²440334
Museums within 10 km615
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 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). 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.