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The entrance to the Big Lagoon, El Nido
El NidoThe entrance to the Big Lagoon
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: El Nido by nennnn, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

El Nido 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 El Nido for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Perth for

  • live music and the arts
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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. El Nido 92, Perth 86: El Nido leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. El Nido 27, Perth 58: Perth leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. El Nido 4, Perth 42: Perth leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. El Nido 30, Perth 42: Perth leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. El Nido 87, Perth 72: El Nido leads by 15 points.
Day trips. El Nido 8, Perth 48: Perth leads by 40 points.
Good for families. El Nido 40, Perth 74: Perth leads by 34 points.
Getting around. El Nido 22, Perth 55: Perth leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. El Nido 7, Perth 44: Perth leads by 37 points.
Affordability. El Nido 64, Perth 28: El Nido leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. El Nido 7, Perth 50: Perth leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. El Nido 46, Perth 38: El Nido leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: El Nido and Perth.

Your match

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

El Nido
36match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

El Nido in July

29 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
368 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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El NidoPerth

Where the figures come from

El Nido has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. El Nido: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEl NidoPerth
Official languageEnglish, Filipino, TaglishEnglish
CurrencyPhilippine Peso (PHP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsABC220 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation35 m2 m
Main airportEl Nido Airport (ENI)4 km from centre5 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureEl NidoPerth
City population51,3672,141,834
People per km²56334
Museums within 10 km015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months5 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.