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La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Marseille 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 Marseille for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Perth for

  • families
  • beaches
  • wellness

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. Marseille 72, Perth 86: Perth leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Marseille 67, Perth 58: Marseille leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Marseille 63, Perth 42: Marseille leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Marseille 57, Perth 42: Marseille leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Marseille 83, Perth 72: Marseille leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Marseille 86, Perth 48: Marseille leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Marseille 50, Perth 74: Perth leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Marseille 57, Perth 55: Marseille leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Marseille 47, Perth 44: Marseille leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Marseille 45, Perth 28: Marseille leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Marseille 56, Perth 50: Marseille leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Marseille 37, Perth 38: Perth leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Marseille and Perth.

Your match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on families 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.

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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. Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMarseillePerth
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMarseillePerth
City population886,0402,141,834
People per km²3,683334
Museums within 10 km2715
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 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.