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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. London 25, Perth 86: Perth leads by 61 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Perth 58: London leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Perth 42: London leads by 52 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Perth 42: London leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Perth 72: Perth leads by 15 points.
Day trips. London 90, Perth 48: London leads by 42 points.
Good for families. London 82, Perth 74: London leads by 8 points.
Getting around. London 85, Perth 55: London leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Perth 44: London leads by 51 points.
Affordability. London 15, Perth 28: Perth leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Perth 50: London leads by 48 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London 40, Perth 38: London leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Perth.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

Perth
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonPerth
Official languageEnglishEnglish
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112 or 999000
Elevation4 m2 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonPerth
City population8,799,7282,141,834
People per km²5,598334
Museums within 10 km21615
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.