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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
The Fortaleza San Felipe, Puerto Plata
Puerto PlataThe Fortaleza San Felipe

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Puerto Plata by CareAhLine, CC0.

Perth or Puerto Plata?

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
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Puerto Plata for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Plata’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, Puerto Plata 80: Perth leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Puerto Plata 40: Perth leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Puerto Plata 35: Perth leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Puerto Plata 38: Perth leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Puerto Plata 68: Perth leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Perth and Puerto Plata are level on 48.
Good for families. Perth 74, Puerto Plata 57: Perth leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Puerto Plata 30: Perth leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Puerto Plata 30: Perth leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Puerto Plata 64: Puerto Plata leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Puerto Plata 18: Perth leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Puerto Plata 35: Perth leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Puerto Plata.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Puerto Plata
45match

Wins on 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

Puerto Plata in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
67 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Puerto Plata 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). Puerto Plata: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Puerto Plata (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthPuerto Plata
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4
Emergency number000911
Elevation2 m34 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsGregorio Luperon International Airport (POP)13 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthPuerto Plata
City population2,141,834-
People per km²334-
Museums within 10 km151
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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. 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.