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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Perth or Ubud?

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
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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, Ubud 38: Perth leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Ubud 15: Perth leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 24 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Ubud 48: Perth leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Ubud 10: Perth leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 52 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Ubud 47: Perth leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 58 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Ubud.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Ubud
55match

Wins on wellness and prices 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthUbud
Official languageEnglishIndonesian
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideLeftLeft
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+8
Emergency number000112
Elevation2 m210 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasurePerthUbud
City population2,141,834-
People per km²334-
Museums within 10 km1514
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months12 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.