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Main Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower, Laguna Beach
Laguna BeachMain Beach with its palms and lifeguard tower
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Laguna Beach by Mark Stebnicki, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Laguna 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 Laguna Beach for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Perth for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • 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. Laguna Beach 72, Perth 86: Perth leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Laguna Beach 40, Perth 58: Perth leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Laguna Beach 27, Perth 42: Perth leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Laguna Beach 18, Perth 42: Perth leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Laguna Beach 73, Perth 72: Laguna Beach leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Laguna Beach 72, Perth 48: Laguna Beach leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Laguna Beach 68, Perth 74: Perth leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Laguna Beach 33, Perth 55: Perth leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Laguna Beach 46, Perth 44: Laguna Beach leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Laguna Beach 12, Perth 28: Perth leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Laguna Beach 40, Perth 50: Perth leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Laguna Beach 47, Perth 38: Laguna Beach leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Laguna Beach and Perth.

Your match

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

Laguna Beach
46match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Laguna Beach in July

28 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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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Laguna BeachPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Laguna Beach: 1981-2010 normals, Irvine (15.5 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLaguna BeachPerth
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation6 m2 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)18 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLaguna BeachPerth
City population23,0322,141,834
People per km²907334
Museums within 10 km215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone5 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.