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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Perth or Valencia?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Valencia for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Perth leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Valencia 60: Perth leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Valencia.

Your match

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

Perth
53match

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

Valencia
Best match
65match

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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthValencia
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation2 m15 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthValencia
City population2,141,834840,792
People per km²3346,242
Museums within 10 km1545
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.