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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Nice 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 Nice for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Perth for

  • families
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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. Nice 75, Perth 86: Perth leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Perth 58: Nice leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Perth 42: Nice leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Perth 42: Nice leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Perth 72: Nice leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Perth 48: Nice leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Perth 74: Perth leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Perth 55: Nice leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Perth 44: Nice leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Perth 28: Nice leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Perth 50: Perth leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Perth 38: Nice leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Perth.

Your match

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

Nice
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.

Nice 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. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNicePerth
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 airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNicePerth
City population357,7372,141,834
People per km²4,975334
Museums within 10 km1715
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.