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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Perth or Tunis?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Tunis for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Perth leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Tunis 33: Perth leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Tunis 45: Perth leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Tunis 38: Perth leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Tunis 48: Perth leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Tunis 38: Perth leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Tunis.

Your match

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

Perth
53match

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

Tunis
Best match
56match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthTunis
Official languageEnglishArabic
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1
Emergency number000Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation2 m4 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthTunis
City population2,141,834602,560
People per km²3342,834
Museums within 10 km1516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.