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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Perth or Salzburg?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Perth leads by 51 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Salzburg 45: Perth leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Salzburg 25: Perth leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Salzburg 86: Salzburg leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Salzburg 65: Perth leads by 9 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Salzburg 32: Salzburg leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthSalzburg
Official languageEnglishGerman, Austrian Sign Language
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation2 m424 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthSalzburg
City population2,141,834155,021
People per km²3342,360
Museums within 10 km1538
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.