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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Perth or Samarkand?

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 Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Perth leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Samarkand 54: Perth leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Samarkand 14: Perth leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Samarkand 40: Perth leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Samarkand 30: Perth leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Samarkand 42: Perth leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Samarkand 24: Perth leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Samarkand 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 Samarkand.

Your match

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

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthSamarkand
Official languageEnglishUzbek
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+5
Emergency number000112
Elevation2 m702 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePerthSamarkand
City population2,141,834546,303
People per km²3345,058
Museums within 10 km1511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. 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.