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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
Cliff-top hotels above the harbour, Sorrento
SorrentoCliff-top hotels above the harbour

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Sorrento by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Perth or Sorrento?

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

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Sorrento for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Sorrento’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, Sorrento 60: Perth leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Sorrento 60: Sorrento leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Sorrento 32: Perth leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Sorrento 28: Perth leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Sorrento 80: Sorrento leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Sorrento 95: Sorrento leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Sorrento 42: Perth leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Sorrento 58: Sorrento leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Sorrento 38: Perth leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Sorrento 32: Sorrento leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Sorrento 20: Perth leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Sorrento 48: Sorrento leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Sorrento.

Your match

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

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on families and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Sorrento
49match

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

Sorrento in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Sorrento 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.

Sorrento's sunshine is measured 54 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Sorrento: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthSorrento
Official languageEnglishItalian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation2 m50 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsNaples International Airport (NAP)30 km from centre131 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthSorrento
City population2,141,83415,407
People per km²3341,541
Museums within 10 km156
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months5 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. 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.