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Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Lucerne 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 Lucerne for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • 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. Lucerne 35, Perth 86: Perth leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Lucerne 35, Perth 58: Perth leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Lucerne 58, Perth 42: Lucerne leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Lucerne 28, Perth 42: Perth leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lucerne 92, Perth 72: Lucerne leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Lucerne 78, Perth 48: Lucerne leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Lucerne 66, Perth 74: Perth leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Lucerne 86, Perth 55: Lucerne leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Lucerne 46, Perth 44: Lucerne leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Lucerne 8, Perth 28: Perth leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lucerne 66, Perth 50: Lucerne leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lucerne 46, Perth 38: Lucerne leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lucerne and Perth.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Lucerne
54match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 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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Where the figures come from

Lucerne has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLucernePerth
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshEnglish
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation436 m2 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLucernePerth
City population86,2342,141,834
People per km²2,963334
Museums within 10 km1415
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). 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. 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.