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Ferries off the Kordon promenade, Izmir
IzmirFerries off the Kordon promenade
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Izmir by Toygar Par, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Izmir 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 Izmir for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Izmir 62, Perth 86: Perth leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Izmir 72, Perth 58: Izmir leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Izmir 55, Perth 42: Izmir leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Izmir 60, Perth 42: Izmir leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Izmir 66, Perth 72: Perth leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Izmir 86, Perth 48: Izmir leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Izmir 55, Perth 74: Perth leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Izmir 63, Perth 55: Izmir leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Izmir 55, Perth 44: Izmir leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Izmir 66, Perth 28: Izmir leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Izmir 48, Perth 50: Perth leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Izmir 57, Perth 38: Izmir leads by 19 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Izmir and Perth.

Your match

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

Izmir
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and prices 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.

Izmir in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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. Izmir: 1991-2020 normals, Izmir (3.4 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIzmirPerth
Official languageTurkishEnglish
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation2 m2 m
Main airportAdnan Menderes International Airport (ADB)13 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureIzmirPerth
City population4,493,2422,141,834
People per km²4,760334
Museums within 10 km2915
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.