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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
The coloured houses stepping down to the sea, Positano
PositanoThe coloured houses stepping down to the sea

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Positano by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Perth or Positano?

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

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Positano for

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Positano’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, Positano 77: Perth leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Positano 40: Perth leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Positano 22: Perth leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Positano 22: Perth leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Positano 80: Positano leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Positano 88: Positano leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Positano 28: Perth leads by 46 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Positano 35: Perth leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Positano 45: Positano leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Positano 10: Perth leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Positano 15: Perth leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Positano 45: Positano leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Positano.

Your match

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

Perth
Best match
53match

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

Positano
42match

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

Positano in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Positano's temperatures are measured 25 km from the centre, at Capri.

Positano 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.

Positano's sunshine is measured 59 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Positano: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (25.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthPositano
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 m142 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)33 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthPositano
City population2,141,8343,729
People per km²334429
Museums within 10 km1510
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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). 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. 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.