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The cathedral from the gardens, Malaga
MalagaThe cathedral from the gardens
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Malaga by Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Malaga 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 Malaga for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Malaga 77, Perth 86: Perth leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Malaga 68, Perth 58: Malaga leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Malaga 65, Perth 42: Malaga leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Malaga 62, Perth 42: Malaga leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Malaga 73, Perth 72: Malaga leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Malaga 87, Perth 48: Malaga leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Malaga 70, Perth 74: Perth leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Malaga 70, Perth 55: Malaga leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Malaga 55, Perth 44: Malaga leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Malaga 55, Perth 28: Malaga leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Malaga 45, Perth 50: Perth leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Malaga 42, Perth 38: Malaga leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Malaga and Perth.

Your match

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

Malaga
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Malaga in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 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. Malaga: 1991-2020 normals, Malaga / Aeropuerto (8.2 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMalagaPerth
Official languageSpanishEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation18 m2 m
Main airportMálaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)8 km from centre166 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMalagaPerth
City population599,0632,141,834
People per km²1,517334
Museums within 10 km3215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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). 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.