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Palermo Cathedral, Palermo
PalermoPalermo Cathedral
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Palermo by Antonino Giangrasso, Pexels License; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Palermo 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 Palermo for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • prices

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

Choose Perth for

  • families
  • beaches
  • wellness

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. Palermo 77, Perth 86: Perth leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Palermo 81, Perth 58: Palermo leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Palermo 80, Perth 42: Palermo leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Palermo 58, Perth 42: Palermo leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Palermo and Perth are level on 72.
Day trips. Palermo 84, Perth 48: Palermo leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Palermo 44, Perth 74: Perth leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Palermo 50, Perth 55: Perth leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Palermo and Perth are level on 44.
Affordability. Palermo 63, Perth 28: Palermo leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Palermo 62, Perth 50: Palermo leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Palermo 30, Perth 38: Perth leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Palermo and Perth.

Your match

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

Palermo
Best match
62match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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.

Palermo in July

29 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °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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Where the figures come from

Palermo 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.

Palermo's sunshine is measured 67 km from the centre, at Ustica.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Palermo: 1991-2020 (sunshine 1961-1990) normals, Palermo / Punta Raisi (24.1 km from centre). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePalermoPerth
Official languageItalianEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation14 m2 m
Main airportFalcone–Borsellino Airport (PMO)25 km from centre106 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePalermoPerth
City population630,1672,141,834
People per km²3,924334
Museums within 10 km4215
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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.