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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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. Lisbon 50, Perth 86: Perth leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Perth 58: Lisbon leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Perth 42: Lisbon leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Perth 42: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Perth 72: Lisbon leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Perth 48: Lisbon leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Perth 74: Perth leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Perth 55: Lisbon leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Perth 44: Lisbon leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Perth 28: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Perth 50: Lisbon leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Perth 38: Perth leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Perth.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

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.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °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. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonPerth
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation100 m2 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonPerth
City population545,7962,141,834
People per km²5,453334
Museums within 10 km8015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
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). 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. 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.