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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Perth or Tirana?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Perth leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Tirana 57: Perth leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Perth and Tirana are level on 42.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Tirana 62: Perth leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Tirana 64: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Tirana 40: Perth leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Tirana 54: Perth leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Tirana 32: Perth leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Tirana 32: Perth leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Tirana 27: Perth leads by 11 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Tirana.

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.

Tirana
49match

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

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PerthTirana

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthTirana
Official languageEnglishAlbanian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Lek (ALL)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation2 m110 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthTirana
City population2,141,834389,323
People per km²3349,314
Museums within 10 km1511
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.