Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.
Perth or Santo Domingo?
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
- nature and the outdoors
- families
- beaches
What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’s own page.
Choose Santo Domingo for
- prices
- nightlife
- culture and sights
What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’s own page.
Scoreboard
Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.
What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Santo Domingo.
Your match
Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.
Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.
Wins on prices and 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
Santo Domingo in July
Daytime high, °C
Rainfall in the month, mm
Where the figures come from
Santo Domingo 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). Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre).
Before you go
| Measure | Perth | Santo Domingo |
|---|---|---|
| Official language | English | Spanish |
| Currency | Australian Dollar (AUD) | Dominican Peso (DOP) |
| Sockets | I230 V, 50 Hz | AB110 V, 60 Hz |
| Driving side | Left | Right |
| Time zone | UTC+8 | UTC-4 |
| Emergency number | 000 | 911 |
| Elevation | 2 m | 14 m |
| Main airport | Perth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations | Las Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinations |
| Public holidays this year | 11 days | 13 days |
By the numbers
| Measure | Perth | Santo Domingo |
|---|---|---|
| City population | 2,141,834 | 2,201,941 |
| People per km² | 334 | 1,691 |
| Museums within 10 km | 15 | 10 |
| UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km | 1 | 1 |
| Swim season, months above 21 °C | 5 months | 12 months |
Where else could you go?
Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Perth or Santo Domingo somewhere new.