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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Montpellier 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 Montpellier for

  • day trips
  • prices
  • getting around

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

Choose Perth for

  • 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. Montpellier 64, Perth 86: Perth leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Perth 58: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Perth 42: Montpellier leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Perth 42: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier and Perth are level on 72.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Perth 48: Montpellier leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Perth 74: Perth leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Perth 55: Montpellier leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Perth 44: Montpellier leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Perth 28: Montpellier leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Perth 50: Montpellier leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Perth 38: Montpellier leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Perth.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and prices with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches 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.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 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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MontpellierPerth

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierPerth
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
Elevation7 m2 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierPerth
City population310,2402,141,834
People per km²5,452334
Museums within 10 km1415
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months5 months

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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.