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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
A cobbled street of painted houses in the old town, San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de AllendeA cobbled street of painted houses in the old town

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; San Miguel de Allende by Russ Bowling, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Perth or San Miguel de Allende?

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 San Miguel de Allende for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on San Miguel de Allende’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, San Miguel de Allende 4: Perth leads by 82 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, San Miguel de Allende 62: San Miguel de Allende leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, San Miguel de Allende 38: Perth leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, San Miguel de Allende 40: Perth leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, San Miguel de Allende 77: San Miguel de Allende leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, San Miguel de Allende 32: Perth leads by 42 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, San Miguel de Allende 48: Perth leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, San Miguel de Allende 55: San Miguel de Allende leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, San Miguel de Allende 50: San Miguel de Allende leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, San Miguel de Allende 40: Perth leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, San Miguel de Allende 66: San Miguel de Allende leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and San Miguel de Allende.

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.

San Miguel de Allende
48match

Wins on day trips 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

San Miguel de Allende in July

29 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PerthSan Miguel de Allende

Where the figures come from

San Miguel de Allende's temperatures are measured 54 km from the centre, at Guanajuato, Gto..

San Miguel de Allende 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). San Miguel de Allende: 1991-2020 normals, Guanajuato, Gto. (53.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthSan Miguel de Allende
Official languageEnglishSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-6
Emergency number000911
Elevation2 m1,900 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsGuanajuato International Airport (BJX)77 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthSan Miguel de Allende
City population2,141,83469,811
People per km²334-
Museums within 10 km152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.