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A lifeguard stand on South Beach, Miami
MiamiA lifeguard stand on South Beach
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Miami by Radomianin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Miami 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 Miami for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Perth for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Miami 90, Perth 86: Miami leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Miami 72, Perth 58: Miami leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Miami 57, Perth 42: Miami leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Miami 82, Perth 42: Miami leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Miami 64, Perth 72: Perth leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Miami 42, Perth 48: Perth leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Miami 64, Perth 74: Perth leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Miami 35, Perth 55: Perth leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Miami 71, Perth 44: Miami leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Miami 27, Perth 28: Perth leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Miami 55, Perth 50: Miami leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Miami 44, Perth 38: Miami leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Miami and Perth.

Your match

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

Miami
Best match
59match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on getting around 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.

Miami in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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. Miami: 1991-2020 normals, Miami International Airport (10 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMiamiPerth
Official language-English
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number911000
Elevation2 m2 m
Main airportMiami International Airport (MIA)7 km from centre198 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMiamiPerth
City population442,2412,141,834
People per km²3,046334
Museums within 10 km1715
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. 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.