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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Perth or Toronto?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Toronto for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Perth leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Toronto 52: Perth leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Perth and Toronto are level on 74.
Getting around. Perth 55, Toronto 65: Toronto leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Toronto 33: Perth leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Toronto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Perth
53match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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PerthToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthToronto
Official languageEnglishFrench, English
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number000911
Elevation2 m76 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthToronto
City population2,141,8342,794,356
People per km²3344,434
Museums within 10 km1532
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months1 month

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.