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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
Palms on a white beach at Cap Cana, Punta Cana
Punta CanaPalms on a white beach at Cap Cana

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Punta Cana by Mary Mark Ockerbloom, CC0.

Perth or Punta Cana?

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

  • getting around
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Punta Cana for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta Cana’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, Punta Cana 94: Punta Cana leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Punta Cana 30: Perth leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Punta Cana 8: Perth leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Punta Cana 40: Perth leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Punta Cana 52: Perth leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Punta Cana 35: Perth leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Punta Cana 68: Perth leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Punta Cana 15: Perth leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Punta Cana 30: Perth leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Punta Cana 44: Punta Cana leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Punta Cana 15: Perth leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Punta Cana 52: Punta Cana leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Punta Cana.

Your match

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

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on getting around and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Punta Cana
40match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Punta Cana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
96 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

Punta Cana 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). Punta Cana: 1993-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Punta Cana (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthPunta Cana
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Dominican Peso (DOP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4
Emergency number000911
Elevation2 m28 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsPunta Cana International Airport (PUJ)1 km from centre93 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthPunta Cana
City population2,141,834138,919
People per km²334292
Museums within 10 km150
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.