Photos: Myrtle Beach by The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.
Myrtle Beach 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 Myrtle Beach for
- prices
- families
- day trips
What lies behind each score is written up on Myrtle Beach’s own page.
Choose Perth for
- getting around
- nature and the outdoors
- culture and sights
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.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Myrtle Beach and Perth.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on prices and families with your weighting.
Wins on getting around and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.
What matters to you?
When should you go?
Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.
Myrtle Beach in July
Perth in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Myrtle Beach has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.
Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Myrtle Beach: 1971-2000 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base (5.5 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Myrtle Beach | Perth |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | - | English |
| Currency | US Dollar (USD) | Australian Dollar (AUD) |
| Sockets | AB120 V, 60 Hz | I230 V, 50 Hz |
| Driving side | Right | Left |
| Time zone | UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer | UTC+8 |
| Emergency number | 911 | 000 |
| Elevation | 8 m | 2 m |
| Main airport | Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR)5 km from centre60 non-stop destinations | Perth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 12 days | 11 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Myrtle Beach | Perth |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 35,682 | 2,141,834 |
| People per km² | 591 | 334 |
| Museums within 10 km | 2 | 15 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 0 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 6 months | 5 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Myrtle Beach or Perth somewhere new.