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Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth
A painted funicular on the hillside, Valparaiso
ValparaisoA painted funicular on the hillside

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

Perth or Valparaiso?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Valparaiso for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Valparaiso’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, Valparaiso 36: Perth leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Perth 58, Valparaiso 50: Perth leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Perth 42, Valparaiso 62: Valparaiso leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Perth 42, Valparaiso 56: Valparaiso leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Perth 72, Valparaiso 60: Perth leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Perth 48, Valparaiso 63: Valparaiso leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Perth 74, Valparaiso 33: Perth leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Perth 55, Valparaiso 44: Perth leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Perth 44, Valparaiso 30: Perth leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Perth 28, Valparaiso 60: Valparaiso leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Perth 50, Valparaiso 38: Perth leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Perth 38, Valparaiso 18: Perth leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Perth and Valparaiso.

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.

Valparaiso
46match

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

Valparaiso in July

15 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
71 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Valparaiso 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). Valparaiso: 2010-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Viña Del Mar / Montemar (17 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePerthValparaiso
Official languageEnglishSpanish
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Chilean Peso (CLP)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCL220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4, UTC-3 in summer
Emergency number000Police 133/134, ambulance 131, fire 132
Elevation2 m21 m
Main airportPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsComodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)87 km from centre67 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasurePerthValparaiso
City population2,141,834296,655
People per km²3346,180
Museums within 10 km1517
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 monthsNone

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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.