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The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Dresden 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 Dresden for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • food and drink

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. Dresden 10, Perth 86: Perth leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Perth 58: Perth leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Perth 42: Dresden leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Perth 42: Dresden leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Perth 72: Dresden leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Perth 48: Dresden leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Perth 74: Perth leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Perth 55: Dresden leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Perth 44: Perth leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Perth 28: Dresden leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Perth 50: Dresden leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Perth 38: Dresden leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Perth.

Your match

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

Dresden
Best match
57match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine 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. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenPerth
Official languageGermanEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation126 m2 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenPerth
City population562,7642,141,834
People per km²1,713334
Museums within 10 km7015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.