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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • culture and sights
  • food and drink
  • prices

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

Choose Perth for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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. Macau 24, Perth 86: Perth leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Perth 58: Macau leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, Perth 42: Macau leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Macau 40, Perth 42: Perth leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Perth 72: Perth leads by 67 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Perth 48: Macau leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Perth 74: Perth leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Perth 55: Macau leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Perth 44: Macau leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, Perth 28: Macau leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, Perth 50: Perth leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 40, Perth 38: Macau leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Perth.

Your match

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

Macau
46match

Wins on culture and sights and food and drink with your weighting.

Perth
Best match
53match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMacauPerth
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChineseEnglish
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency number999000
Elevation22 m2 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauPerth
City population682,1002,141,834
People per km²5,916334
Museums within 10 km2815
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months5 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). 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. 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.