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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
Portofino and its bay from the hillside, Portofino
PortofinoPortofino and its bay from the hillside

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Portofino by Michal Osmenda, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Perth or Portofino?

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 Perth for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Portofino for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Portofino’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. Perth 86, Portofino 60: Perth leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Portofino 36: Perth leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Portofino 22: Perth leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Portofino 14: Perth leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Portofino 77: Portofino leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Portofino 76: Portofino leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Portofino 33: Perth leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Portofino 50: Perth leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Portofino 29: Perth leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Portofino 9: Perth leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Portofino 7: Perth leads by 43 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Portofino 42: Portofino leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Portofino.

Your match

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

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and families with your weighting.

Portofino
38match

Wins on day trips 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.

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

Portofino in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
32 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Portofino's temperatures are measured 31 km from the centre, at Genova / Sestri.

Portofino 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. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Portofino: 1991-2020 normals, Genova / Sestri (31 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthPortofino
Official languageEnglishItalian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation2 m20 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsGenoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)32 km from centre25 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthPortofino
City population2,141,834355
People per km²334142
Museums within 10 km1514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months4 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.