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Wat Xieng Thong temple, Luang Prabang
Luang PrabangWat Xieng Thong temple
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Luang Prabang by Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Luang Prabang 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 Luang Prabang for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • nightlife

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. Luang Prabang 14, Perth 86: Perth leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Luang Prabang 42, Perth 58: Perth leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Luang Prabang 65, Perth 42: Luang Prabang leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Luang Prabang 8, Perth 42: Perth leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luang Prabang 68, Perth 72: Perth leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Luang Prabang 35, Perth 48: Perth leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Luang Prabang 38, Perth 74: Perth leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Luang Prabang 50, Perth 55: Perth leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Luang Prabang 38, Perth 44: Perth leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Luang Prabang 80, Perth 28: Luang Prabang leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luang Prabang 18, Perth 50: Perth leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luang Prabang 60, Perth 38: Luang Prabang leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luang Prabang and Perth.

Your match

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

Luang Prabang
43match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
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.

Luang Prabang in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
250 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
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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Luang PrabangPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luang Prabang: 1991-2020 normals, Luang-Prabang (0.8 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuang PrabangPerth
Official languageLaoEnglish
CurrencyLao Kip (LAK)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsABCEF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+7UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 195, fire 190000
Elevation305 m2 m
Main airportLuang Phabang International Airport (LPQ)4 km from centre7 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuang PrabangPerth
City population53,7922,141,834
People per km²-334
Museums within 10 km015
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.