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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Monaco 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 Monaco for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

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

Choose Perth for

  • prices
  • 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. Monaco 68, Perth 86: Perth leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Perth 58: Perth leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Perth 42: Monaco leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Perth 42: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Perth 72: Perth leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Perth 48: Monaco leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Perth 74: Perth leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Perth 55: Monaco leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Perth 44: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Perth 28: Perth leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Perth 50: Monaco leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Perth 38: Monaco leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Perth.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on prices 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.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °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. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoPerth
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation68 m2 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoPerth
City population38,8572,141,834
People per km²18,503334
Museums within 10 km1415
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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). 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). 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. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. 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.