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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Perth or Prague?

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

  • beaches
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Prague for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Perth leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Prague 50: Perth leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Prague 83: Prague leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Prague 65: Prague leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Prague 58: Perth leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Prague 77: Prague leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Prague 50: Perth leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Prague 83: Prague leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Prague 50: Prague leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Prague 62: Prague leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Prague 76: Prague leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Prague 40: Prague leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Prague.

Your match

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

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthPrague
Official languageEnglishCzech
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation2 m235 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthPrague
City population2,141,8341,397,880
People per km²3342,817
Museums within 10 km1588
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.