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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
Punta del Este

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Perth or Punta del Este?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Punta del Este for

  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Punta del Este’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 del Este 72: Perth leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Punta del Este 45: Perth leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Punta del Este 22: Perth leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Punta del Este 60: Punta del Este leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Punta del Este 55: Perth leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Punta del Este 45: Perth leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Punta del Este 55: Perth leads by 19 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Punta del Este 35: Perth leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Punta del Este 42: Perth leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Punta del Este 20: Perth leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Punta del Este 22: Perth leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Punta del Este 32: Perth leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Punta del Este.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Punta del Este
42match

Wins on nightlife 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 del Este in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
101 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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 del Este's temperatures are measured 79 km from the centre, at Rocha.

Punta del Este 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 del Este: 1991-2020 normals, Rocha (78.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthPunta del Este
Official languageEnglish-
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-3
Emergency number000911
Elevation2 m11 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsCapitan Corbeta CA Curbelo International Airport (PDP)18 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthPunta del Este
City population2,141,8349,277
People per km²334455
Museums within 10 km155
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.