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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Perth or Seoul?

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

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

Choose Seoul for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Perth leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 41 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Seoul 50: Seoul leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Seoul.

Your match

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

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthSeoul
Official languageEnglishKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Won (KRW)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+9
Emergency number000Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation2 m38 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthSeoul
City population2,141,8349,668,465
People per km²33415,973
Museums within 10 km1581
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months2 months

Where else could you go?

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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.